 | John Dryden - 1800
...plays, is a problem which is not demon* M ruble of either side. It is enough for me that he acknowledges he had rather read good verse than prose: for if all...delight is the chief, if not the only, end of poesy: v instruction can be admitted but in the second place; for poesy only instructs as it delights. It... | |
 | 1845
...acknowledgment, that he had ratker read good verse than prose, he adds trinmphantly, " that is enough for me ; for if all the enemies of verse will confess as much,...to prove that it is natural. I am satisfied if it canse delight ; for delight is the chief, if not the only end of poesy ; instruction can be admitted... | |
 | 1893
..."delightful teaching." Dry den was something of a heretic when he ventured to say, "I am satisfied if " verse "cause delight; for delight is the chief, if not the only end of poesy." It may seem strange that the view of poetry as primarily didactic, a view which might be deemed prosaic,... | |
 | 1868
...since no man talks any kind of verse in real life. But the argument for rhyme is of another kind. " I am satisfied if it cause delight, for delight is the chief if not the only end of poesy [he should have said means} ; instruction can be admitted but in the second place, for poesy only instructs... | |
 | JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL - 1898
...Rival Ladies.91 talks any kind of verse in real life. But the argument for rhyme is of another kind. " I am satisfied if it cause delight, for delight is the chief if not the only end of poesy [he should have said means] ; instruction can be admitted but in the second place, for poesy only instructs... | |
 | JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. A.M. - 1870
...since no man talks any kind of verse in real life. But the argument for rhyme is of another kind. " I am satisfied if it cause delight, for delight is the chief if not the only end of poesy [he should have said means]; instruction can be admitted but in the second place, for poesy only instructs... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1881 - 380 pages
..."Rival Ladies." talks any kind of verse in real life. But the argument for rhyme is of another kind. " I am satisfied if it cause delight, for delight is the chief if nut the only end of poesy [he should have said means] ; instruction can be admitted but in the second... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1887 - 433 pages
...since no man talks any kind of verse in real life. But the argument for rhyme is of another kind. " I am satisfied if it cause delight, for delight is the chief if not the only end of poesy [he should have said means] ; instruction can be admitted but in the second place, for poesy only instructs... | |
 | John Dryden - 1889 - 141 pages
...rather read good verse than prose : for if all the enemies of verse will confess as much, I shall not 25 need to prove that it is natural, I am satisfied,...for delight is the chief, if not the only, \ end of poesie : instruction can be admitted but in the second place ; for poesie only instructs as it delights.... | |
 | John Dryden - 1889 - 141 pages
...plays, is a problem which is not demonstrable of either side : 'tis enough for me that he acknowledges he had rather read good verse than prose : for if...enemies of verse will confess as much, I shall not 25 need to prove that it is natural, I am satisfied, if it * cause delight : for delight is the chief,... | |
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I am satisfied if it cause delight ; for delight is the chief, if not the only, end of poesy : instruction can be admitted but in the second place, for poesy only instructs as it delights. 
