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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... nimble spirit flies , Escapes unfeen , evaporates , and dies . Who then to copy Roman wit defire , Muft imitate with Roman force and fire , } In elegance of ftyle and phrase the same , And C 3 VERSES in Praife of Mr. DRYDEN .
... nimble spirit flies , Escapes unfeen , evaporates , and dies . Who then to copy Roman wit defire , Muft imitate with Roman force and fire , } In elegance of ftyle and phrase the same , And C 3 VERSES in Praife of Mr. DRYDEN .
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... Muft virtue prove death's harbinger ? must she , With him expiring , feel mortality ? Is death , fin's wages , grace's now ? shall art Make us more learned , only to depart ? VOL . I. B If merit be disease ; if virtue death ; To.
... Muft virtue prove death's harbinger ? must she , With him expiring , feel mortality ? Is death , fin's wages , grace's now ? shall art Make us more learned , only to depart ? VOL . I. B If merit be disease ; if virtue death ; To.
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... Muft all these aged fires in one funeral Expire all die in one fo young , fo fmall ? Who , had he liv'd his life out , his great fame Had fwol'n ' bove any Greek or Roman name . But hafty winter , with one blaft , hath brought The hopes ...
... Muft all these aged fires in one funeral Expire all die in one fo young , fo fmall ? Who , had he liv'd his life out , his great fame Had fwol'n ' bove any Greek or Roman name . But hafty winter , with one blaft , hath brought The hopes ...
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... Muft drunkards , lechers , fpent with finning , live With fuch helps as broths , poffets , phyfic give ? None live , but fuch as fhould die ? fhall we meet With none but ghoftly fathers in the street ? Grief makes me rail ; forrow will ...
... Muft drunkards , lechers , fpent with finning , live With fuch helps as broths , poffets , phyfic give ? None live , but fuch as fhould die ? fhall we meet With none but ghoftly fathers in the street ? Grief makes me rail ; forrow will ...
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... muft conquer he would own ; And for him fiercely , as for empire , ftrove . XXIII . No fooner was the Frenchman's cause embrac'd , Than the light Monfieur the grave Don out- weigh'd : His fortune turn'd the scale where'er ' twas caft ...
... muft conquer he would own ; And for him fiercely , as for empire , ftrove . XXIII . No fooner was the Frenchman's cause embrac'd , Than the light Monfieur the grave Don out- weigh'd : His fortune turn'd the scale where'er ' twas caft ...
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