The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq;: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales, and Translations, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1760 |
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... Fall of Man , an opera , taken from Paradife Loft , was published in 1678 , but never acted . Many beautiful paffages are here transplanted from that excellent poem , and thrown into rhyme . Nat . Lee has prefixed to it a commendato- ry ...
... Fall of Man , an opera , taken from Paradife Loft , was published in 1678 , but never acted . Many beautiful paffages are here transplanted from that excellent poem , and thrown into rhyme . Nat . Lee has prefixed to it a commendato- ry ...
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... fall to the ground on recollecting that he always continued therein firm and unfhaken , though he might have gained confiderably by recanting after the revolution , and his writings on that head carry with them the ftrongest marks of ...
... fall to the ground on recollecting that he always continued therein firm and unfhaken , though he might have gained confiderably by recanting after the revolution , and his writings on that head carry with them the ftrongest marks of ...
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... fall , She wears all dreffes , and the charms in all : How might we fear our English poetry , That long has flourish'd , fhould decay in thee ; Did not the muses other hope appear , Harmonious Congreve VERSES in Praife of Mr. DRYDEN .
... fall , She wears all dreffes , and the charms in all : How might we fear our English poetry , That long has flourish'd , fhould decay in thee ; Did not the muses other hope appear , Harmonious Congreve VERSES in Praife of Mr. DRYDEN .
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... fall and rife ! While , at each change , the son of Libyan Jove Now burns with glory , and then melts with love ; Now his fierce eyes with sparkling fury glow , Now fighs steal out , and tears begin to flow . Perfians and Greeks like ...
... fall and rife ! While , at each change , the son of Libyan Jove Now burns with glory , and then melts with love ; Now his fierce eyes with sparkling fury glow , Now fighs steal out , and tears begin to flow . Perfians and Greeks like ...
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... , Than Archimedes ' sphere , the heavens did shew . Graces and virtues , languages and arts , Beauty and learning , fill'd up all the parts . Heav'n's gifts , which do like falling ftars appear Scatter'd 2 UPON THE DEATH OF.
... , Than Archimedes ' sphere , the heavens did shew . Graces and virtues , languages and arts , Beauty and learning , fill'd up all the parts . Heav'n's gifts , which do like falling ftars appear Scatter'd 2 UPON THE DEATH OF.
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