 | Thomas Otway, Thomas Thornton - 1813 - 324 pages
...resemblance to that of nature, and wberc the characters and sentiments are equally hypothetical !— Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound, And nature flies him like enchanted ground. Prol, to " Atirengzel/e.'' With this declaration of the impotence of rhyme, Dryden (once it's strenuous... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 606 pages
...dramatick compositions, that it is surprising he should not have been struck by it at aa earlier period : " Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound, " And nature flies him like enchanted ground." The interest which Charles the Second took in the exhibitions of the stage is well known, and is strongly... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 608 pages
...dramatick compositions, that it is surprising he should not have been struck by it at An earlier period : " Passion's too fierce to be In fetters bound, " And nature flies him like enchanted ground." The interest which Charles the Second took in the exhibitions of the stage is well known, and is strongly... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 622 pages
...compositions, that it is surprising hit should not have been struck by it at an earlier period : " Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound, " And nature flies him like enchanted ground." The interest which Charles the Second took in the exhibitions of the stage is well known, and is strongly... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 436 pages
...poet's declaration in the prologue, that his taste for heroic plays was iiow upon the wane : 1 'ml he has now another taste of wit ; And, to confess...long-loved mistress, Rhyme. Passion's too fierce to be in letters bound, And nature flies him, like enchanted ground. What verse can do, he has performed in... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 564 pages
...• ' Damns his laborious. trifle of a play :• . Not that it's worse than what before he wrjt, . But he has now another taste of wit ; And, to confess a truth, though out of time, ,v Grows weary of his long-loved mistress, Rhyme, . Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound, And... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 474 pages
...sacrifice for crimes is penitence. * The author applies the same simile to the use of rhyme in tragedy ; Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound, And nature flies him like enchanted giuund. Prologue to Aureng-Zelc. Yet since the effects of providence, we find, Are variously dispensed... | |
 | Prologues - 1810 - 280 pages
...And to confefs a truth, (though out of time) Grows weary of his long-lov'd miftrefs, Rhime. Paffion's too fierce to be in fetters bound, And Nature flies him like enchanted ground. What verfe can do he has perform'd in this, Which he prefumes the moft correct of-his. But fpite of all... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 610 pages
...to confefs a truth, though out of time, Grows weary of his long-lov'd miftrefs, 111 nine. Paffion's too fierce to be in fetters bound, And nature flies him like enchanted ground : 10 "What verfe can do, he has performed in this, Which he prefumes the jnoft correct of his ; But... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 616 pages
...And, to confefs a truth, though out of time, Grows weary of his long-lov'd miftrefs, Rhime. Paffion's too fierce to be in fetters bound, , And nature flies him like enchanted ground : 10 What verfe can do, he has performed in this, Which he prefumes the moft correct of his ; But fpite... | |
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Tis much more hard to please himself than you ; And, out of no feigned modesty, this day Damns his laborious trifle of a play ; Not that it's worse than what before he writ, But he has now another taste of wit ; And, to confess a truth, though out of... 
