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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... reft . The preface is a critique upon Corneille , the fa- ther of the French stage , who had previously hand- led the fame story . Two other of his plays appeared in the fame year , viz . Secret Love , or the Maiden Queen ; and Troi ...
... reft . The preface is a critique upon Corneille , the fa- ther of the French stage , who had previously hand- led the fame story . Two other of his plays appeared in the fame year , viz . Secret Love , or the Maiden Queen ; and Troi ...
Page xxiv
... reft : viz . the first scene of the first act , the whole fourth act , and half , or rather more , of the fifth . In the year 1684 , he published Maimbourg's Hif- tory of the League , tranflated from the French , by the king's especial ...
... reft : viz . the first scene of the first act , the whole fourth act , and half , or rather more , of the fifth . In the year 1684 , he published Maimbourg's Hif- tory of the League , tranflated from the French , by the king's especial ...
Page xxxi
... reft who does not know . Tom Brown , in a pamphlet , entituled , " The late " Converts expofed , or , the Reasons of Mr. Bayes ' " changing his Religion , " infinuates , that Dryden follicited to be ordained in the Proteftant church ...
... reft who does not know . Tom Brown , in a pamphlet , entituled , " The late " Converts expofed , or , the Reasons of Mr. Bayes ' " changing his Religion , " infinuates , that Dryden follicited to be ordained in the Proteftant church ...
Page 12
... fingle virtues did furvey , By intuition in his own large breast , Where all the rich ideas of them lay , That were the rule and measure to the reft , XXVII . When fuch heroic virtue heaven fets out , 12 ON THE DEATH OF.
... fingle virtues did furvey , By intuition in his own large breast , Where all the rich ideas of them lay , That were the rule and measure to the reft , XXVII . When fuch heroic virtue heaven fets out , 12 ON THE DEATH OF.
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... reft , A dreadful quiet felt , and worfer far Than arms , a fullen interval of war : Thus when black clouds draw down the lab'ring fkies , Ere yet abroad the winged thunder flies , An horrid ftillnefs firft invades the ear , And in that ...
... reft , A dreadful quiet felt , and worfer far Than arms , a fullen interval of war : Thus when black clouds draw down the lab'ring fkies , Ere yet abroad the winged thunder flies , An horrid ftillnefs firft invades the ear , And in that ...
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