John Dryden idézetek
John Dryden: Idézetek angolul
“With how much ease believe we what we wish!”
John Dryden All for Love
Cleopatra in Act IV, scene I
All for Love (1678)
“Of ancient race by birth, but nobler yet
In his own worth.”
John Dryden Absalom and Achitophel
Pt. I, lines 900–901.
Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
“War seldom enters but where wealth allures.”
John Dryden könyv The Hind and the Panther
Pt. II, line 706.
The Hind and the Panther (1687)
“Too black for heav'n, and yet too white for hell.”
John Dryden könyv The Hind and the Panther
Pt. I, line 343.
The Hind and the Panther (1687)
John Dryden Absalom and Achitophel
Pt. II, line 413.
Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
“Behold him setting in his western skies,
The shadows lengthening as the vapours rise.”
John Dryden Absalom and Achitophel
Pt. I line 268.
Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
“The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes
And gaping mouth, that testified surprise.”
John Dryden könyv Fables, Ancient and Modern
Forrás: Fables, Ancient and Modern (1700), Cymon and Iphigenia, Line 107.
“Large was his wealth, but larger was his heart.”
John Dryden Absalom and Achitophel
Pt. I, line 826.
Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
John Dryden Absalom and Achitophel
Pt. I, lines 455–458.
Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
“Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.”
John Dryden Absalom and Achitophel
Pt. I, line 967.
Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
John Dryden Absalom and Achitophel
Pt. II, line 440.
Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
“Love is lord of all, and is in all the same.”
Georgic III, lines 380.
The Works of Virgil (1697)
John Dryden The Conquest of Granada
Part 2, Act III, scene i.
The Conquest of Granada (1669-1670)
“Since heaven's eternal year is thine.”
To the Pious Memory of Mrs. Anne Killegrew (1686), line 15.
“Possess your soul with patience.”
John Dryden könyv The Hind and the Panther
Pt. III, line 839.
The Hind and the Panther (1687)
“The true Amphitryon is the Amphitryon where we dine.”
John Dryden Amphitryon
Amphitryon (1690), Act IV scene i.
“Better one suffer, than a nation grieve.”
John Dryden Absalom and Achitophel
Pt. I line 416.
Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
“Whate’er he did was done with so much ease,
In him alone 't was natural to please.”
John Dryden Absalom and Achitophel
Pt. I line 27-28.
Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
“Truth is the foundation of all knowledge, and the cement of all societies.”
The Character of Polybius (1692)
“For present joys are more to flesh and blood
Than a dull prospect of a distant good.”
John Dryden könyv The Hind and the Panther
Pt. III, lines 364–365.
The Hind and the Panther (1687)
“Happy who in his verse can gently steer
From grave to light, from pleasant to severe.”
The Art of Poetry, canto i, line 75.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Forrás: Alexander’s Feast http://www.bartleby.com/40/265.html (1697), l. 37–41.
Aeneis, Book VI, lines 192–195.
The Works of Virgil (1697)
“Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped;
And they have kept it since by being dead.”
John Dryden The Conquest of Granada
Epilogue.
The Conquest of Granada (1669-1670)
“For truth has such a face and such a mien
As to be loved needs only to be seen.”
John Dryden könyv The Hind and the Panther
Pt. I, lines 33–34.
The Hind and the Panther (1687)
“Genius must be born, and never can be taught.”
Epistle to Congreve (1693), line 60.
“The soft complaining flute,
In dying notes, discovers
The woes of hopeless lovers.”
St. 4. <br class="br"> A Song for St. Cecilia's Day http://www.englishverse.com/poems/a_song_for_st_cecilias_day_1687 (1687)
Forrás: Alexander’s Feast http://www.bartleby.com/40/265.html (1697), l. 57–60.