The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3W. Pickering, 1832 |
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... Better Lyrics is an unfair advantage , a secret weapon of sorts , and yet it is here for any and all who aspire to write and write better . I count myself lucky and proud to have studied with Mr. Pat- tison . I would not be the writer I ...
... Better Lyrics is an unfair advantage , a secret weapon of sorts , and yet it is here for any and all who aspire to write and write better . I count myself lucky and proud to have studied with Mr. Pat- tison . I would not be the writer I ...
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... better place to start than with a cake, and there are 40 absolute classics in this book. As well as being great bakes, the recipes have been carefully chosen to introduce you to all the key techniques, such as creaming, whisking ...
... better place to start than with a cake, and there are 40 absolute classics in this book. As well as being great bakes, the recipes have been carefully chosen to introduce you to all the key techniques, such as creaming, whisking ...
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... better understanding of the inner workings of the Library of Congress and know my hope for further endeavors toward knowledge and better under- standing. Here, I would also like to thank my friends, colleagues, and asso- ciates, who ...
... better understanding of the inner workings of the Library of Congress and know my hope for further endeavors toward knowledge and better under- standing. Here, I would also like to thank my friends, colleagues, and asso- ciates, who ...
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... better job embracing newcomers? How can we do better at loving mercy and doing justice? How can we be a better country for refugees? HOW. TO. USE. THIS. WORKBOOK. This study aims to help Christians—specifically, Christians in the United ...
... better job embracing newcomers? How can we do better at loving mercy and doing justice? How can we be a better country for refugees? HOW. TO. USE. THIS. WORKBOOK. This study aims to help Christians—specifically, Christians in the United ...
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... better business , better farming , and better living . I put the formulæ in the order of their ranking importance . We are investing millions of dollars in teaching the science of better farming ; we are seeking the means of better ...
... better business , better farming , and better living . I put the formulæ in the order of their ranking importance . We are investing millions of dollars in teaching the science of better farming ; we are seeking the means of better ...
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ALBION AND ALBANIUS AMYNTAS Arcite arms beauty behold betwixt blood breast call'd Chaucer CHORUS damn dare dead death delight disdain dost Dryden e'en e'er earth Emily English EPILOGUE eyes fair fate fear fight fire fool fops GEORGE ETHERIDGE give grace happy haste heart heaven honour hope humour JOHN DRYDEN joys judge kind king live look'd lord Lord Roscommon lovers Lucretius mighty mind MOMUS monarch mortal muse nature ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er Ovid pain Palamon Phyllis Pindar pity plain play pleas'd pleasure poet prince PROLOGUE queen rais'd reign reviving play rhyme sacred scarce scenes sense sigh'd sing song Sophocles soul sound stage sweet Thebes thee Theocritus Theseus things thou thought Timotheus translated true twas UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Venus verse Virgil whate'er Whig words wretch writ write youth
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Page 17 - And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain : Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew ! Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And glittering temples of their hostile gods.
Page 17 - See the Furies arise! See the snakes that they rear How they hiss in their hair, And the sparkles that flash from their eyes!
Page 4 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Page 16 - Think, O think it worth enjoying! Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee.
Page 4 - Less than a god they 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 13 - 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 186 - Tales, their humours, their features, and the very dress, as distinctly as if I had supped with them at the Tabard in Southwark.
Page 12 - TwAS at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son: Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne...
Page 183 - I have endeavoured to choose such fables, both ancient and modern, as contain in each of them some instructive moral ; which I could prove by induction, but the way is tedious ; and they leap foremost into sight, without the reader's trouble of looking after them. I wish I could affirm with a safe conscience, that I had taken the same care in all my former writings...
Page 14 - Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face : Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus...