The American First Class Book, Or, Exercises in Reading and Recitation: Selected Principally from Modern Authors of Great Britain and America, and Designed for the Use of the Highest Class in Public and Private SchoolsCharles Bowen, 1836 - 480 pages |
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... Dryden would , and should have been , to give Drayton and Spenser , and Chaucer the preference in com- parison with the lights of their own age . An old coin may be as pure metal , and intrinsically as valuable , as a new one ; and to ...
... Dryden would , and should have been , to give Drayton and Spenser , and Chaucer the preference in com- parison with the lights of their own age . An old coin may be as pure metal , and intrinsically as valuable , as a new one ; and to ...
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... Dryden , 65. Scottish Music : -its peculiarity accounted for , 86. Night , from the Lay Preacher , 87. Midnight musings , 88. Spring , 89. Extract from a criticism on Ossian , 97. Character of Mr. James Watt , 99. Death and Character of ...
... Dryden , 65. Scottish Music : -its peculiarity accounted for , 86. Night , from the Lay Preacher , 87. Midnight musings , 88. Spring , 89. Extract from a criticism on Ossian , 97. Character of Mr. James Watt , 99. Death and Character of ...
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... Dryden than to Pope . The rectitude of Dryden's mind was sufficiently shown by the dismission of his poetical prejudices , and the rejection of unnatural thoughts and rugged numbers . But Dryden nev- er desired to apply all the judgment ...
... Dryden than to Pope . The rectitude of Dryden's mind was sufficiently shown by the dismission of his poetical prejudices , and the rejection of unnatural thoughts and rugged numbers . But Dryden nev- er desired to apply all the judgment ...
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... Dryden ; but Dryden certainly wanted the diligence of Pope . In acquired knowledge , the superiority must be allowed to Dryden , whose education was more scholastic , and who , before he became an author , had been allowed more time for ...
... Dryden ; but Dryden certainly wanted the diligence of Pope . In acquired knowledge , the superiority must be allowed to Dryden , whose education was more scholastic , and who , before he became an author , had been allowed more time for ...
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... Dryden it must be said that if he has brighter paragraphs , he has not better poems . Dryden's performances were always hasty , either excited by some external occasion or extorted by domestic necessity ; he composed without ...
... Dryden it must be said that if he has brighter paragraphs , he has not better poems . Dryden's performances were always hasty , either excited by some external occasion or extorted by domestic necessity ; he composed without ...
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