Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Dryden's Coach (Restoration Snap)

“And so much for Mr. Dryden; whose burial was the same as his life, variety and not of a piece: the quality and mob, farce and heroics: the sublime and ridiculous mixed in a piece; great Cleopatra in a hackney coach.”

—George Farquhar
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2 comments:

  1. mongibeddu6:41 AM

    Clio in hackney coach: history in a hackey sack. Snap!

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  2. Philip Metres7:03 PM

    very-Pavement-esque title... methinks you're reading the entire history of English literature again. Norton whore!

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