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Dryden, John
English Literature
Poetry
body of work
criticism and satire of his work
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Action: We must beat the iron…
Arguments: A knock-down argument: 'tis but…
Art: A man possessed of splendid…
Beauty: All heiresses are beautiful.
Character: Bold knaves thrive without one…
Character: For every inch that is…
Character: Repentance is the virtue of…
Character: What e'er he did was…
Contentment: How blessed is he, who…
Creativity: By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid,…
Crime: But treason is not own'd…
Crime: Successful crimes alone are justified.
Criticism: If by the people you…
Criticism: The father of English criticism.
Death and Dying: Be kind to my remains;…
Death and Dying: So softly death succeeded life…
Democracy: Nor is the Peoples Judgment…
Destiny: For those whom God to…
Dreams: The people's prayer, the glad…
England: But 'tis the talent of…
England: Freedom which in no other…
Enthusiasm: He never heartily and sincerely…
Envy: Sighed and looked, and sighed…
Fear: Whistling to keep myself from…
Fire: The fire, mean time, walks…
Forgiveness: Forgiveness to the injured does…
Forgiveness: Reason to rule, but mercy…
Fortune: I can enjoy her while…
Geoffrey Chaucer: Chaucer, I confess, is a…
Geoffrey Chaucer: 'Tis sufficient to say of…
Government: All empire is no more…
Greatness: For he was great, ere…
Happiness: Happy the Man, and happy…
Heaven: Thus all below is strength,…
Historians: We find but few historians of all ages, who…
History: The laws of history, in general, are truth…
Homosexuality: But here content with our own homely joys, We…
Honor: War, he sung, is toil…
Hypocrisy: Did wisely from Expensive Sins…
Imagination: His imagination resembled the wings…
Ingratitude: We loathe our manna, and…
Intelligence: Great Wits are sure to…
Jews: The Jews, a headstrong, moody,…
John Milton: Three poets, in three distant…
Kindness: And kind as kings upon…
Language: A thing well said will…
Language: There are many who understand…
Language: Yet it must be allowed to the present age that…
Life and Death: Like pilgrims to th'appointed place…
Life and Death: Not Heav'n itself upon the…
Life: 'Tis not for nothing that…
Love and Marriage: Happy, happy, happy, pair! None but…
Love: And love's the noblest frailty…
Love: On his eyes will I gaze, and there delight…
Love: Our souls sit close and…
Love: Welcome, thou kind deceiver! Thou best…
Madness: There is a pleasure sure in being…
Madness: There is a pleasure sure…
Marriage: I am to be married…
Marriage: Lord of yourself, uncumber'd with…
Men: Men are but children of…
Middle Age: She, though in full-blown flower…
Misfortune: Ill fortune seldom comes alone.
Moderation: For, Heaven be thanked, we…
Monarchy: War is the trade of…
Moon: So sicken waning moons too…
Mortality: All humane things are subject…
Music: The soft complaining flute.
Music: The trumpet shall be heard…
Old Age: None would live past years…
Opportunity: Be careful still of the…
Opportunity: Thou strong seducer, opportunity!
Patience: Beware the Fury of a…
Patriotism: Never was patriot yet, but…
Philosophy: Whatever is, is in its…
Pity: For pity melts the mind…
Pleasure: Drinking is the soldier's pleasure; Rich…
Pleasure: For present joys are more…
Poetry And Prose: What judgement I had increases…
Poetry: And this unpolished rugged verse…
Poetry: Rhyme is the rock on…
Poetry: The difference between genuine poetry…
Poetry: To instruct delightfully is the general end…
Poets: Aside from the impossibility of…
Poets: Ev'n copious Dryden wanted, or…
Poets: Ovid, the soft philosopher of…
Poets: The rest to some faint…
Politicians: A man so various, that…
Politicians: For Politicians neither love nor…
Politics: To die for faction is…
Regret: Fool that I was! upon my eagle's wings I…
Religion: In pious times, e'r Priest-craft…
Secrecy: For secrets are edged tools, And…
Self-Preservation: Self-preservation is the first of…
Soldiers: And raw in fields the…
Supernatural, The: Dido shall come, in a black Sulph'ry flame; When…
Treason: During his Office, Treason was…
Truth: A man is to be…
Truth: Errors, like Straws, upon the…
Vanity: I am resolved to grow…
Verbosity: But far more numerous was…
Virtue: And virtue, though in rags,…
War: All delays are dangerous in…
War: Arms, and the man I…
War: Fallen from his high estate, And…
William Shakespeare: He was the man who…
William Shakespeare: Shakespeare is the very Janus…
Wit: Wit will shine Through the harsh…
World-Weariness: Why should he, with wealth…
Writers: He invades authors like a…
role in literary history
table of Poet Laureates
writing style
Poetry: The difference between genuine poetry…
The difference between genuine poetry and the poetry of Dryden, Pope, and all their school, is briefly this: their poetry is conceived and composed...
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