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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... must mean , or none , and with which another of his fellows has upbraided me , was translated from the Spanish of Rodriguez ; tho ' with the omiffion of the feventeenth , the twenty- fourth , the twenty - fifth , and the last chap- ter ...
... must mean , or none , and with which another of his fellows has upbraided me , was translated from the Spanish of Rodriguez ; tho ' with the omiffion of the feventeenth , the twenty- fourth , the twenty - fifth , and the last chap- ter ...
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... must be The motive ftill of credibility . For latter ages must on former wait , And what began belief muft propagate . But winnow well this thought , and you fhall find ' Tis light as chaff that flies before the wind . Were all those ...
... must be The motive ftill of credibility . For latter ages must on former wait , And what began belief muft propagate . But winnow well this thought , and you fhall find ' Tis light as chaff that flies before the wind . Were all those ...
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... must fail before the venture mifs . But heaven and heaven born faith are far from thee , Thou first 6 apoftate to divinity . ; Unkennell'd range in thy Polonian plains ; A fiercer foe th ' infatiate wolf remains . Too boaftful Britain ...
... must fail before the venture mifs . But heaven and heaven born faith are far from thee , Thou first 6 apoftate to divinity . ; Unkennell'd range in thy Polonian plains ; A fiercer foe th ' infatiate wolf remains . Too boaftful Britain ...
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... must refide ; Both lawful , both combin'd : what one decrees By numerous votes , the other ratifies : On this undoubted fenfe the church relies . ' Tis true , fome doctors in a fcantier space , I mean , in each apart , contract the ...
... must refide ; Both lawful , both combin'd : what one decrees By numerous votes , the other ratifies : On this undoubted fenfe the church relies . ' Tis true , fome doctors in a fcantier space , I mean , in each apart , contract the ...
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... must be call'd , to make the meaning clear : Because in them the power fupreme refides ; And all the promises are to the guides . This may be taught with found and fafe defence : But mark how fandy is your own pretence , Who , fetting ...
... must be call'd , to make the meaning clear : Because in them the power fupreme refides ; And all the promises are to the guides . This may be taught with found and fafe defence : But mark how fandy is your own pretence , Who , fetting ...
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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...