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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Page xviii
... failed to return it , in his reply above mentioned . Dryden was fenfible that both parts of the Conqueft of Grenada lay very open to cenfure ; for in the pre- face to the Spanish Fryar , written fome years after , he fays , " I remember ...
... failed to return it , in his reply above mentioned . Dryden was fenfible that both parts of the Conqueft of Grenada lay very open to cenfure ; for in the pre- face to the Spanish Fryar , written fome years after , he fays , " I remember ...
Page xxxi
... failed , they feldom fcrupled having recourfe to invention . Envy is a vice peculiar to little minds , and falfity its beft iupport . In his perfonal character Dryden was perfectly amiable ; he JOHN DRYDEN , Efq ; XXX.
... failed , they feldom fcrupled having recourfe to invention . Envy is a vice peculiar to little minds , and falfity its beft iupport . In his perfonal character Dryden was perfectly amiable ; he JOHN DRYDEN , Efq ; XXX.
Page xxxiii
... failed moft :. but his failings are eafily pardoned when we confider , that he wrote his plays in a hurry ; that he was for fome time obliged to furnish the ftage with a certain number yearly ; and that he never had leifure fufficient ...
... failed moft :. but his failings are eafily pardoned when we confider , that he wrote his plays in a hurry ; that he was for fome time obliged to furnish the ftage with a certain number yearly ; and that he never had leifure fufficient ...
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... fails on ev'ry shore For foreign wealth , infatiate still of more ; To her own wool the filks of Afia joins , And to her plenteous harvests India's mines ; So Dryden , not contented with the fame Of his own works , tho ' an immortal ...
... fails on ev'ry shore For foreign wealth , infatiate still of more ; To her own wool the filks of Afia joins , And to her plenteous harvests India's mines ; So Dryden , not contented with the fame Of his own works , tho ' an immortal ...
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... fail ; but overflowing eyes Will weep out lafting streams of elegies . But thou , O virgin - widow , left alone , Now thy beloved , heaven - ravish'd spouse is gone , Whose skilful fire in vain ftrove to apply Med'cines , when thy balm ...
... fail ; but overflowing eyes Will weep out lafting streams of elegies . But thou , O virgin - widow , left alone , Now thy beloved , heaven - ravish'd spouse is gone , Whose skilful fire in vain ftrove to apply Med'cines , when thy balm ...
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