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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... sense . ' Twas not the hasty product of a day , But the well - ripen'd fruit of wife delay . He , like a patient angler , ere he strook , Would let him play a while upon the hook . Our healthful food the ftomach labours thus , At first ...
... sense . ' Twas not the hasty product of a day , But the well - ripen'd fruit of wife delay . He , like a patient angler , ere he strook , Would let him play a while upon the hook . Our healthful food the ftomach labours thus , At first ...
Page 42
... sense behind , While you fo smoothly turn and rowl our sphere , That rapid motion does but rest appear . For , as in nature's fwiftnefs , with the throng Of flying orbs while ours is born along , All seems at reft to the deluded eye ...
... sense behind , While you fo smoothly turn and rowl our sphere , That rapid motion does but rest appear . For , as in nature's fwiftnefs , with the throng Of flying orbs while ours is born along , All seems at reft to the deluded eye ...
Page 59
... sense of all the reft . But in this neceffity of our rhymes , I have always found the couplet verse most easy , though not fo proper for this occafion for there the work is fooner at an end , every two lines con- cluding the labour of ...
... sense of all the reft . But in this neceffity of our rhymes , I have always found the couplet verse most easy , though not fo proper for this occafion for there the work is fooner at an end , every two lines con- cluding the labour of ...
Page 143
... sense ; For words and wit did anciently agree , And Tully was no fool , though this man be : At bar abufive , on the bench unable , Knave on the woolfack , fop at council - table . These are the grievances of fuch fools as would Be ...
... sense ; For words and wit did anciently agree , And Tully was no fool , though this man be : At bar abufive , on the bench unable , Knave on the woolfack , fop at council - table . These are the grievances of fuch fools as would Be ...
Page 146
... sense ; And ' tis a miracle we may fuppofe , No naftiness offends his fkilful nofe ; Which from all ftink can with peculiar art Extract perfume and effence from a f --- t : Expecting fupper is his great delight ; He toils all day but to ...
... sense ; And ' tis a miracle we may fuppofe , No naftiness offends his fkilful nofe ; Which from all ftink can with peculiar art Extract perfume and effence from a f --- t : Expecting fupper is his great delight ; He toils all day but to ...
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