Essays of John Dryden, Band 1

action admire Albion and Albanius amongst Ancients argument Aristotle audience beauties Ben Johnson betwixt blank verse called Catiline character Comedy compass concernment confess Corneille Corneille's Crites critics Defence delight discourse Dramatic Poesy Dryden Duke of Lerma edition English Epic Essay of Dramatic Eugenius excellent expression fancy faults Fletcher French genius give Gondibert Heroic Plays Heroic Poem Herringman Homer honour Horace Hôtel de Bourgogne humour imagination Italian Jacob Tonson JOHN DRYDEN Johnson judge judgment Juvenal kind language Latin Lisideius Lord Lucretius manners modern never numbers observed Opera opinion Ovid passions perfection persons pleased plot poet poetical Poetry prose Quintilian reader reason rhyme Roman rules satire scenes sense serious plays Shakespeare Silent Woman Spanish speak stage suppose Tasso things thought tion Tis true Tonson Tragedy translated Virgil virtue words writ write written