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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... England . His next piece was Threnodia Auguftalis , a poem , facred to the memory of the king . It ap- peared in the year 1685 , as did an opera of his , en- tituled , Albion and Albanius , acted at the Queen's 1 Theatre in Dorset ...
... England . His next piece was Threnodia Auguftalis , a poem , facred to the memory of the king . It ap- peared in the year 1685 , as did an opera of his , en- tituled , Albion and Albanius , acted at the Queen's 1 Theatre in Dorset ...
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... England boafts of riches not her own : Thy lines have heighten'd Virgil's majefty , And Horace wonders at himself in thee . Thou teacheft Perfius to inform our ifle In smoother numbers , and a clearer style : And Juvenal , inftructed in ...
... England boafts of riches not her own : Thy lines have heighten'd Virgil's majefty , And Horace wonders at himself in thee . Thou teacheft Perfius to inform our ifle In smoother numbers , and a clearer style : And Juvenal , inftructed in ...
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... England's fhame , But better to be loft in Charles ' name , ( Like fome unequal bride in nobler sheets ) Receives her lord : the joyful London meets The princely York , himself alone a freight ; The Swift - fure groans beneath great ...
... England's fhame , But better to be loft in Charles ' name , ( Like fome unequal bride in nobler sheets ) Receives her lord : the joyful London meets The princely York , himself alone a freight ; The Swift - fure groans beneath great ...
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... England , to be foremost in brave actions , which the nobles of France would never fuffer in their peasants . I should not have written this but to a perfon , who has been ever forward to appear in all employ- ments , whither his honour ...
... England , to be foremost in brave actions , which the nobles of France would never fuffer in their peasants . I should not have written this but to a perfon , who has been ever forward to appear in all employ- ments , whither his honour ...
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... Into a victory , which we disdain ; Then let them know the Belgians did retire Before the patron faint of injur'd Spain . VOL . I. I 198 . Repenting England this revengeful day To Philip's manes ANNUS MIRABILIS . 113.
... Into a victory , which we disdain ; Then let them know the Belgians did retire Before the patron faint of injur'd Spain . VOL . I. I 198 . Repenting England this revengeful day To Philip's manes ANNUS MIRABILIS . 113.
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