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... tragedy that was now in favour , however , was no longer the old English tragedy of rich and complex materials , but the French tragedy of heroic declamation . Familiarized by their stay in France with the tragic style of Corneille and ...
... tragedy that was now in favour , however , was no longer the old English tragedy of rich and complex materials , but the French tragedy of heroic declamation . Familiarized by their stay in France with the tragic style of Corneille and ...
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... tragedies of sustained and decorous declamation in the heroic or rhymed couplet , conceived , as much as possible , after the model of Corneille . Natural to the French , this classic or regular style accorded ill with English faculties ...
... tragedies of sustained and decorous declamation in the heroic or rhymed couplet , conceived , as much as possible , after the model of Corneille . Natural to the French , this classic or regular style accorded ill with English faculties ...
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... tragedies after the French model . He was also , far more than Cowley , a wit of the new school ; and , as a versifier , he practised , with no small reputation , the neat , lucid style introduced by Denham and Waller . He was the ...
... tragedies after the French model . He was also , far more than Cowley , a wit of the new school ; and , as a versifier , he practised , with no small reputation , the neat , lucid style introduced by Denham and Waller . He was the ...
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... tragedy , called The Indian Queen . The date of this effort of literary co - partnership between Dryden and his aristocratic friend coincides with the formation of a more intimate connexion between them , by Dryden's marriage with Sir ...
... tragedy , called The Indian Queen . The date of this effort of literary co - partnership between Dryden and his aristocratic friend coincides with the formation of a more intimate connexion between them , by Dryden's marriage with Sir ...
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... tragedy that was now in favour , however , was no longer the old English tragedy of rich and complex materials , but the French tragedy of heroic declamation . Familiarized by their stay in France with the tragic style of Corneille and ...
... tragedy that was now in favour , however , was no longer the old English tragedy of rich and complex materials , but the French tragedy of heroic declamation . Familiarized by their stay in France with the tragic style of Corneille and ...
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Página 212 - And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide...
Página 11 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides, Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Página 25 - As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist. If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good, Our...
Página 111 - They that have power to hurt and will do none, That do not do the thing they most do show, Who, moving others, are themselves as stone...
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Página 89 - No, faith, not a jot; but to follow him thither with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it: as thus: Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth...
Página 88 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Página 86 - No longer mourn for me when I am dead Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am fled From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell : Nay, if you read this line, remember not The hand that writ it ; for I love you so That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot, If thinking on me then should make you woe.