The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes. Illustrated with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author, Zväzok 17William Miller, 1808 |
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Strana 6
... consider man in refe- rence only to his mind , and that no higher than the age of Socrates , how vast a difference is there be- twixt the productions of those souls , and these of ours ? How much better Plato , Aristotle , and the rest ...
... consider man in refe- rence only to his mind , and that no higher than the age of Socrates , how vast a difference is there be- twixt the productions of those souls , and these of ours ? How much better Plato , Aristotle , and the rest ...
Strana 26
... consider that Dion Cassius , nay even Herodian and Appian after him , as well as Polybius before him , by writing the Roman His- tory in the Greek language , had shewn as manifest a contempt of Latin , in respect of the other , as ...
... consider that Dion Cassius , nay even Herodian and Appian after him , as well as Polybius before him , by writing the Roman His- tory in the Greek language , had shewn as manifest a contempt of Latin , in respect of the other , as ...
Strana 29
... consider through the whole body of his works , either the design , the method , or the contexture of his discourses , whether historical or moral , or questions of natural philosophy , or solu- tions of problems mathematical ; whether ...
... consider through the whole body of his works , either the design , the method , or the contexture of his discourses , whether historical or moral , or questions of natural philosophy , or solu- tions of problems mathematical ; whether ...
Strana 64
... consider not the beauty of the blossoms , -for if they are not pleasant to the eye , or delightful to the scent , we know at the same time that they are not the prime intention of nature , but are thrust out in order to their product ...
... consider not the beauty of the blossoms , -for if they are not pleasant to the eye , or delightful to the scent , we know at the same time that they are not the prime intention of nature , but are thrust out in order to their product ...
Strana 67
... considers the truth more nearly , and weighs not honours with honours , but men with men , which was Plutarch's main design , will find in the balance of their manners , their virtues , their endow- ments and abilities , that Cicero and ...
... considers the truth more nearly , and weighs not honours with honours , but men with men , which was Plutarch's main design , will find in the balance of their manners , their virtues , their endow- ments and abilities , that Cicero and ...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Zväzok 17 John Dryden Úplné zobrazenie - 1808 |
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actions afterwards amongst ancient answer appear beautiful believe betwixt bishop bishop of Winchester bishop of Worcester body called Cardinal of Bourbon Catholic cause church of England church of Rome colours commanded communion concerning confess defence desire discourse dispute divine Dryden Duchess Duchess of York Duke of Guise endeavour excellent eyes farther favour figures French friends genius give grace greatest hand Henry Holy honour Huguenots imitate judgment king King of Navarre king's League learned least leave light living Majesty manner matter means nature never noble observed opinion painter painting Paris particular party passions perfect person picture pleased Plutarch poet poetry Pope popish plot pretended prince principles Protestant quæ reader reason Reformation relation religion Roman scripture scruples Seneca shadows shew soul ther things thought tion Titian Trajan translation true truth ture virtue wherein wholly words written
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Strana 84 - And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand.
Strana 85 - And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times ; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it ; whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
Strana 76 - Plutarch, to thy deathless praise Does martial Rome this grateful statue raise ; Because both Greece and she thy fame have shared, (Their heroes written, and their lives compared ;) But thou thyself could'st never write thy own ; Their lives have parallels, but thine has none.
Strana 279 - Oh lasting as those colours may they shine, Free as thy stroke, yet faultless as thy line ; New graces yearly like thy works display, • Soft without weakness, without glaring gay; Led by some rule, that guides, but not constrains; And finish'd more through happiness than pains.
Strana 319 - Preserved; but I must bear this testimony to his memory, that the passions are truly touched in it, though, perhaps there is somewhat to be desired both in the grounds of them, and in the height and elegance of expression ; but nature is there, which is the greatest beauty.
Strana 207 - What will it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul ?' Remember how often Paul appeals to his holy, just, unblameable life.
Strana 309 - ... cattle," says the Poet: or at best, the keepers of cattle for other men : they have nothing which is properly their own ; that is a sufficient mortification for me, while I am translating Virgil. But to copy the best author is a kind of praise if I perform it as I ought; as a copy after Raphael is more to be commended than an original of any indifferent Painter. Under this head of invention is placed the disposition of the work, to put all things in a beautiful order and harmony, that the whole...
Strana 293 - The perfection of such stage-characters consists chiefly in their likeness to the deficient faulty nature, which is their original ; only, as it is observed more at large hereafter, in such cases there will always be found a better likeness and a worse, and the better is constantly to be chosen ; I mean in tragedy, which re.preseuts the figures of the highest fonn amongst mankind.
Strana 303 - After all, it is a good thing to laugh at any rate ; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness. Beasts can weep when they suffer, but they cannot laugh: and, as Sir William Davenant observes, in his Preface to Gondibert, " It is the wisdom of a government to permit plays, (he might have added farces,) as it is the prudence of a carter to put bells upon his horses to make them carry their burdens cheerfully.
Strana 309 - Without invention, a painter is but a copier, and a poet but a plagiary of others. Both are allowed sometimes to copy, and translate ; but, as our author tells you, that is not the best part of their reputation. " Imitators are but a servile kind of cattle...