Literary Essays 3
Literary Essays 3
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In his discourse on epic poetry he is as decided, but more temperate. He • says that the French heroic verse " runs with more activity than strength.^ Their language is not strung with sinews like our English; it has the nimbleness of a greyhound, but not the bulk and body of a mastiff. Our men and our verses over- bear them by their weight, and pondere^ non nu» mero^ is the British motto. The French have set ^ A French hendecasyllable yerse runs exacUy like our ballad measure: — A eobbler ther...e was and he Uyed in a stall, . . .
La raison, pour marcher, n'a souvent qu'une voye.
• (Dryden's note.) The Terse is not a hendecasyllable. " Attended watchfully to her recitative (Mile. Duchesnois), and find that, in nine lines ont of ten, * A cobbler there was/ &c., is the tnne of the French h^ rdcs." — 3foore's Diary y 24th April, 1821.
162 DRYDEN up purity for the standard of tiaeir language, and a masculine vigor is that of ours. Like their tongue is the genius of their poets, — light and trifling in comparison of the English." ^ Dryden might have profited by an admirable saying of his own, that '^ they who would combat general authority with particular opinion must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men." He imderstood the defects much better than the beauties of the French the- atre.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
In his discourse on epic poetry he is as decided, but more temperate. He • says that the French heroic verse " runs with more activity than strength.^ Their language is not strung with sinews like our English; it has the nimbleness of a greyhound, but not the bulk and body of a mastiff. Our men and our verses over- bear them by their weight, and pondere^ non nu» mero^ is the British motto. The French have set ^ A French hendecasyllable yerse runs exacUy like our ballad measure: — A eobbler ther...e was and he Uyed in a stall, . . .
La raison, pour marcher, n'a souvent qu'une voye.
• (Dryden's note.) The Terse is not a hendecasyllable. " Attended watchfully to her recitative (Mile. Duchesnois), and find that, in nine lines ont of ten, * A cobbler there was/ &c., is the tnne of the French h^ rdcs." — 3foore's Diary y 24th April, 1821.
162 DRYDEN up purity for the standard of tiaeir language, and a masculine vigor is that of ours. Like their tongue is the genius of their poets, — light and trifling in comparison of the English." ^ Dryden might have profited by an admirable saying of his own, that '^ they who would combat general authority with particular opinion must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men." He imderstood the defects much better than the beauties of the French the- atre.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891 to read onlineMoreLess
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