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The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose - Page 255
by John Dryden - 1859
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The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 pages
...arts are made to profit. — Rapin. * The pity, which the poet is to labour for, is for the criminal, not for those or him whom he has murdered, or who have been the occasion of the tragedy. The terror is likewise in the punishment of the same criminal ; who,...
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Lives of the poets. Lives of eminent persons. Political tracts. Philological ...

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 pages
...is to labour for, is for the criminal, not for those or him whom he has murdered, or who have been the occasion of the tragedy. The terror is likewise in the punishment of the same criminal ; who, if he be represented too great an offender, will not be pitied ; if altogether innocent,...
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The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose, with a Life, Volume 2

John Dryden, John Mitford - 1836 - 488 pages
...arts are made to profit. — Rapin. The pity which the poet is to labour for, is for the criminal, not for those or him whom he has murdered, or who have been the occasion of the tragedy. The terror is likewise in the punishment of the same criminal, who,...
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Works, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 pages
...arts are made to profit. — Rapin. " The pity, which the poet is to labour for, is for the criminal, not for those or him whom he has murdered, or who have been the occasion of the tragedy. The terror is likewise in the punishment of the same criminal ; who,...
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Lives of the English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works ; And ...

Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 pages
...arts are made to profit. — Rapin, " The pity which the poet is to labour for, is for the criminal, not for those or him whom he has murdered, or who have been the occasion of the tragedy. The terror is likewise in the punishment of the same criminal ; who,...
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The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose, with a Life, Volume 2

John Dryden, John Mitford - 1844 - 536 pages
...arts are made to profit. — R',jun. The pity which the poet is to lahour for, is for the criminal, not for those or him whom he has murdered, or who...The terror is likewise in the punishment of the same criminal, who, if he he represented too great an offender, will not ho pitied ; if altogether innocent,...
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Johnson's Lives of the British poets completed by W. Hazlitt, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 pages
...art, and all arts are made to profit.* " The pity which the poet is to labour for is for the criminal, not for those or him whom he has murdered, or who have been the occasion of the tragedy. The terror is likewise in the punishment of the same criminal ; who,...
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Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1864 - 460 pages
...all arts are made to profit. Eapin. " The pity, which the poet is to labour for, is for the criminal, not for those or him whom he has murdered, or who...he he represented too great an offender, will not be pitied ; if altogether innocent, his punishment will be unjust. " Another obscurity is, where he...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems, Tales, and ...

John Dryden - 1867 - 556 pages
...all arts are made to profit. Rapin. " The pity, which the poet is to labour for, is for the criminal, not for those or him whom he has murdered, or who have been the occasion of the tragedy. The terror is likewise in the punishment of the same criminal ; who,...
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Johnson. Select works, ed. with intr. and notes by A. Milnes. Lives of ...

Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 pages
...all arts are made to profit. Rapin. ' The pity, which the poet is to labour for, is for the criminal, not for those or him whom he has murdered, or who have been the occasion of the tragedy. The terror is likewise in the punishment of the same criminal, who,...
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