 ... expresses so much the conversation of a gentleman, as Sir John Suckling ; nothing so even, sweet, and flowing, as Mr Waller ; nothing so majestic, so correct, as Sir John Denham ; nothing so elevated, so copious, and full of spirit, as Mr Cowley.  The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ... - Página 301por John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 624 páginas
...elevated, so copious, and full of spirit, as Mr. Cowley. As for the Italian, French, and Spanish plays, I can make it evident, that those who now write, surpass...wholly ours. All of them were thus far of Eugenius his6 opinion, that the sweetness of English verse was never understood or practised by our fathers... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 634 páginas
...elevated, so copious, and full of spirit, as Mr. Cowlcy. As for the Italian, French, and Spanish plays, I can make it evident, that those who now write, surpass...drama is wholly ours. All of them were thus far of Eugcnius h opinion, that the sweetness of English verse was never understood or practised by our fathers;... | |
 | John Dryden, John Mitford - 1844 - 536 páginas
...elevated, so copious, and full of spirit, as Mr. Cowley. As for the Italian, French, and Spanish plays, I can make it evident, that those who now write, surpass...wholly ours. All of them were thus far of Eugenius las opinion, that the sweeiness of Engl,sh verse was never understood or practised hy our fathers;... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 482 páginas
...elevated, so copious, and Cull of spirit, as Mr. Cowley. As for the Italian, French, and Spanish plays, I can make it evident, that those who now write, surpass...them were thus far of Eugenius his opinion, that the sweeiness of English verse was never understood or practised hy our fathers ; even Crites himself did... | |
 | 1868 - 690 páginas
...well as many scattered passages in subsequent prefaces and dedications. All the interlocutors agree that "the sweetness of English verse was never understood or practised by our fathers," and that " our poesy is much improved by the happiness of some writers yet living, who first taught... | |
 | JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. A.M. - 1870 - 604 páginas
...well as many scattered passages in subsequent prefaces and dedications. All the interlocutors agree that " the sweetness of English verse was never understood or practised by our fathers," and that " our poesy is much improved by the happiness of some writers yet living, who first taught... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1898 - 396 páginas
...well as many scattered passages in subsequent prefaces and dedications. All the interlocutors agree that "the sweetness of English verse was never understood or practised by our fathers," and that " our poesy is much improved by the happiness of some writers yet living, who first taught... | |
 | 1880 - 400 páginas
...lighted, soon spent. And oiicc we were such darlings I So farts it Y.'nh many and many a one," , able the opinion " that the sweetness of English verse was never understood or practised by our fathers." Cowley could see nothing at all in Chaucer's poetry. Dryden heartily admired it, and, as we have seen,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 632 páginas
...made advance, in poetry, beyond all its predecessors. Dryden regards as not seriously disputable the opinion ' that the sweetness of English verse was never understood or practised by our fathers.' Cowley could see nothing at all in Chaucer's poetry. Dryden heartily admired it, and, as we have seen,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 628 páginas
...made advance, in poetry, beyond all its predecessors. Dryden regards as not seriously disputable the opinion ' that the sweetness of English verse was never understood or practised by our fathers.' Cowley could see nothing at all in Chaucer's poetry. Dryden heartily admired it, and, as we have seen,... | |
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