| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1886 - 832 pages
...Qospel. t "I have frequently heard him (Dryden) own with pleasure, that if he had any talent for Enelish prose it was owing to his having often read the writings of the great Archbishop Til'.otson."— Congreve's Dedication of Dryden's Plays. Yet it was in these rustic priests,... | |
| William Minto - English language - 1892 - 584 pages
...he had the best of the argument ; i Dryden is said to have " owned with pleasure that if he had iny talent for English prose it was owing to his having often read the writings of Archbishop Tillotsou." This is but a random compliment; Dryden showed his talent for English prose... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1882 - 528 pages
...clearness imaginable, together with all the nobleness of expression ; all the graces and ornaments proper and peculiar to it, without deviating into the language or diction of poetry. I make this observation, only to distinguish his style from that of many poetical writers, who, meaning... | |
| John Dryden - 1882 - 526 pages
...clearness imaginable, together with all the nobleness of expression ; all the graces and ornaments proper and peculiar to it, without deviating into the language or diction of poetry. I make this observation, only to distinguish his style from that of many poetical writers, who, meaning... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Criminal law - 1898 - 590 pages
...the dignity of that sacerdotal office which was his single 1 " I have frequently heard him (Dryden) own with pleasure, that if he had any talent for English...to his having often read the writings of the great Archbishop Tillotson." — Congreve's Dedication of Dryden's Plays. title to reverence. Having lived... | |
| Joseph Addison - English essays - 1901 - 252 pages
...theological writer, made Archbishop of Canterbury in 1691. 109. " I have frequently heard him [Dryden] own with pleasure, that if he had any talent for English...to his having often read the writings of the great Archbishop Tillotson." — Congreve's Dedication of Dryden' a Plays. 110. Dr. Eobert Saunderson (1587-1662).... | |
| John Dryden - Criticism - 1900 - 420 pages
...discourse3; and 1 Preface to Juvenal, vol. ii. p. 38, 1. 4. 2 See p. 168 below, and note there. 3 ' I have heard him frequently own with pleasure that...to his having often read the writings of the great Archbishop Tillotson.' Congreve, Dedication of Dryden's Dramatic Works. there were others ; before... | |
| John Albert Broadus - Preaching - 1902 - 266 pages
...Addisonian period, the transition is made by Tillotson, Macaulay relates that Dryden was frequently heard to "own with pleasure that, if he had any talent for...to his having often read the writings of the great Archbishop Tillotson." But of this simplicity in arrangement and style we have long had numerous examples,... | |
| Mary Jane Taber - Bishops - 1904 - 452 pages
...perfection. His style was practical, and remarkable for simplicity and clearness. Dryden declared, if he had any talent for English prose, it was owing to his having often read the writings of this great man. Tillotson asked the actor Betterton how it came about that, after he had written the... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - England - 1905 - 184 pages
...30 who had attained, or might reasonably expect to attain, * " I have frequently heard him (Dryden) own with pleasure that, if he had any talent for English...to his having often read the writings of the great Archbishop Tillotson." Congreve's Dedication of Dryden's Plays. opulence and lordly rank, a party,... | |
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