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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... writer fall among enemies , and cannot give the marks of their confcience , he is knocked down before the reasons of his own are heard . A preface , therefore , which is but a befpeaking of favour , is altogether ufelefs . What I de ...
... writer fall among enemies , and cannot give the marks of their confcience , he is knocked down before the reasons of his own are heard . A preface , therefore , which is but a befpeaking of favour , is altogether ufelefs . What I de ...
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... writing many things which are contained in the third part of it . But I was always in fome hope , that the church of England might have been perfuaded to have taken off the penal laws and the teft , which was one defign of the poem ...
... writing many things which are contained in the third part of it . But I was always in fome hope , that the church of England might have been perfuaded to have taken off the penal laws and the teft , which was one defign of the poem ...
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... writing " The hind and panther parodied in the ftory of the country moufe and the city moufe . " But notwithstanding the feverity of these cenfures , and the juft exceptions which may be taken to the plan of this poem , it abounds with ...
... writing " The hind and panther parodied in the ftory of the country moufe and the city moufe . " But notwithstanding the feverity of these cenfures , and the juft exceptions which may be taken to the plan of this poem , it abounds with ...
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... write him of an upstart race ; Because of Wickliff's brood no mark he brings , But his innate antipathy to kings . These last deduce him from th ' Helvetian kind , Who near the Leman - lake his confort lin'd : That fiery 2 Zuinglius ...
... write him of an upstart race ; Because of Wickliff's brood no mark he brings , But his innate antipathy to kings . These last deduce him from th ' Helvetian kind , Who near the Leman - lake his confort lin'd : That fiery 2 Zuinglius ...
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... write Among her fons ; for ' tis no common fight , A spotted dam , and all her offspring white . The favage , tho ' fhe faw her plea controul'd , Yet would not wholly seem to quit her hold , But offer'd fairly to compound the ftrife ...
... write Among her fons ; for ' tis no common fight , A spotted dam , and all her offspring white . The favage , tho ' fhe faw her plea controul'd , Yet would not wholly seem to quit her hold , But offer'd fairly to compound the ftrife ...
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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...
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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...