 | JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. A.M. - 1870 - 604 Seiten
...and must be such as, strictly considered, could never be supposed spoken by any without premeditation Thus prose, though the rightful prince, yet is by...more fit for the ends of government, which is rhyme. Blank verse is, indeed, the nearer prose, but he is blemished with the weakness of his predecessor.... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1875 - 694 Seiten
...antagonist. The questions at issue are however not materially advanced ; Dryden maintains his view that ' Prose though the rightful prince, yet is by common...deposed, as too weak for the government of serious plays ;' that ' Blank Verse is blemished with the weakness of his predecessor;' and that Rhyme, though he... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1877 - 402 Seiten
...and must be such as, strictly considered, could never be supposed spoken by any without premeditation Thus prose, though the rightful prince, yet is by...deposed as too weak for the government of serious plavs, and, he failing, there now start up two competitors ; one the nearer in blood, which is blank... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1882 - 526 Seiten
...knowledge in verse as ours, it is probable he would have adorned those subjects with that kind of writing. by common consent deposed, as too weak for the government...more fit for the ends of government, which is Rhyme. Blank Verse is, indeed, the nearer Prose, but he is blemished with the weakness of his predecessor.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1887 - 408 Seiten
...could * Dedication of "Rival Ladies." never be supposed spoken by any without premeditation. . . . Thus prose, though the rightful prince, yet is by...failing, there now start up two competitors ; one the noarer in blood, which is blank verse ; the other more fit for the ends of government, which is rhyme.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1887 - 416 Seiten
...and must be such as, strictly considered, could never be supposed spoken by any without premeditation Thus prose, though the rightful prince, yet is by...too weak for the government of serious plays, and, lie failing, there now start up two competitors; one the nearer in blood, which is blank verse ; the... | |
 | John Dryden - 1889 - 176 Seiten
...in verse as ours, it is probable he would have adorned those subjects with that kind of writing. 20 Thus prose, though the rightful prince, yet is by...two competitors ; one the nearer in blood, which is blanck verse ; the other more fit for the ends 25 of government, which is rhyme. Blanck verse is, indeed,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 386 Seiten
...be such as, strictly considered, could never be supposed spoken by any without premeditation. . . . Thus prose, though the rightful prince, yet is by...more fit for the ends of government, which is rhyme. Blank verse is, indeed, the nearer prose, but he is blemished with the weakness of his predecessor.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 410 Seiten
...be such as, strictly considered, could never be supposed spoken by any without premeditation. . . . Thus prose, though the rightful prince, yet is by...more fit for the ends of government, which is rhyme. Blank verse is, indeed, the nearer prose, but he is blemished with the weakness of his predecessor.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 388 Seiten
...be such as, strictly considered, could never be supposed spoken by any without premeditation. . . . Thus prose, though the rightful prince, yet is by...more fit for the ends of government, which is rhyme. Blank verse is, indeed, the nearer prose, but he is blemished with the weakness of his predecessor.... | |
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Thus prose, though the rightful prince, yet is by common consent deposed, as too weak for the government of serious plays ; and he failing, there now start up two competitors ; one the nearer in blood, which is blank verse; the other more fit for the... 
