The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales, and Translations ...J. and R. Tonson, 1767 - English poetry |
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... the poem , if he have but the patience to perufe it . Only this advertisement let him take before - hand , which relates to the merits of the cause . No general characters of parties ( call them either fects B 2 No CONTENT OF.
... the poem , if he have but the patience to perufe it . Only this advertisement let him take before - hand , which relates to the merits of the cause . No general characters of parties ( call them either fects B 2 No CONTENT OF.
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... cause : for matter of fact was the principal debate betwixt us . In the mean time , he would dispute the motives of her change ; how prepofterously , let all men judge , when he seemed to deny the fubject of the controversy , the change ...
... cause : for matter of fact was the principal debate betwixt us . In the mean time , he would dispute the motives of her change ; how prepofterously , let all men judge , when he seemed to deny the fubject of the controversy , the change ...
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... cause of discontent , Which well the hop'd , might be with ease redrefs'd , Confidering her a well - bred civil beaft , And more a gentlewoman than the reft . After fome common talk what rumours ran , The lady of the spotted - muff ...
... cause of discontent , Which well the hop'd , might be with ease redrefs'd , Confidering her a well - bred civil beaft , And more a gentlewoman than the reft . After fome common talk what rumours ran , The lady of the spotted - muff ...
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... cause goes hard , the guilty man Excepts , and thins his jury all he can ; So when you ftand of other aid bereft , You to the twelve apoftles would be left . Your friend the Welf did with more craft provide To fet those toys traditions ...
... cause goes hard , the guilty man Excepts , and thins his jury all he can ; So when you ftand of other aid bereft , You to the twelve apoftles would be left . Your friend the Welf did with more craft provide To fet those toys traditions ...
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... cause were on that issue try'd . ) Much less the scripture ; for suppose debate Betwixt pretenders to a fair eftate , Bequeath'd by fome legator's laft intent ; ( Such is our dying Saviour's teftament :) D 4 } The The will is prov'd ...
... cause were on that issue try'd . ) Much less the scripture ; for suppose debate Betwixt pretenders to a fair eftate , Bequeath'd by fome legator's laft intent ; ( Such is our dying Saviour's teftament :) D 4 } The The will is prov'd ...
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againſt Amyntas beaft Becauſe Befides beft beſt bleffing blood call'd cauſe CHLORI church cloſe confcience DAPHNI defign'd defire e'en eaſe Engliſh ev'ry eyes facred fafely faid fair fame fate fatire fear feems fenfe fent fhades fhall fhould fight fince firft firſt fleep foes fome fons fools foon foul ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fure grace heaven herſelf himſelf Hind houſe increaſe JOHN DRYDEN joys juft kiffing kind king laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs live loft Lucretius mind moft Momus moſt mufe muft muſt never numbers nymph o'er Ovid pain Panther Pindaric play pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poets praiſe prince PROLOGUE race raiſe reaſon reft reſt rife ſhall ſhe ſky ſtage ſtate ſtay ſtill thee thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thro tranflated true twas uſe verfe verſe Virgil Whig Whofe wife
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Page 206 - ... thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly, and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell?
Page 221 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
Page 216 - On his imperial throne: His valiant peers were plac'd around; Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound : (So should desert in arms be crown'd.) The lovely Thais, by his side, Sate like a blooming Eastern bride In flow'r of youth and beauty's pride.
Page 364 - Happy the man - and happy he alone He who can call today his own, He who, secure within, can say 'Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have...
Page 217 - With flying fingers touched the lyre : The trembling notes ascend the sky, And heavenly joys inspire. The song began from Jove, Who left his blissful seats above, (Such is the power of mighty love.) A dragon's fiery form belied the god : Sublime on radiant spires he rode, When he to fair Olympia...
Page 219 - War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour but an empty bubble ; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying ; If the world be worth thy winning, Think, O think it worth enjoying! Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee.
Page 135 - WELL then, the promised hour is come at last, The present age of wit obscures the past...
Page 103 - Even I, a dunce of more renown than they, Was sent before but to prepare thy way; And, coarsely clad in Norwich drugget, came To teach the nations in thy greater name.
Page 137 - That your least praise is to be regular. Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But genius must be born, and never can be taught. This is your portion, this your native store : Heaven, that but once was prodigal before. To Shakespeare gave as much; she could not give him more.
Page 205 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead. Then cold and hot and moist and dry In order to their stations leap, And Music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of...