A history of criticism and literary taste in Europe from the earliest texts to the present day. Volume 2 (of 3)

Note 502 — Chapter IV · DRYDEN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES.

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Here, to glance at the matter of Dryden and the Spaniards (v. sup., p. 332, and inf., on Spence), is a possible reminiscence of Lope’s Arte Nuevo, 178-180—

Que aquesta variedad deleyta mucho:

Buen exemplo nos da naturaleza,

Que por tal variedad tiene belleza.

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