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 xiv
... father's death came into poffeffion of an eftate of 200l . per ann . He is faid to have been bred an anabaptift , and this may in some measure excuse the praises he has bestowed on Oliver . It redounds to a man's honour to fee his er ...
... father's death came into poffeffion of an eftate of 200l . per ann . He is faid to have been bred an anabaptift , and this may in some measure excuse the praises he has bestowed on Oliver . It redounds to a man's honour to fee his er ...
Page xxxiii
... Father Dominic is one of the best characters on our ftage . In this fpecies of writing , he certainly 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 ...
... Father Dominic is one of the best characters on our ftage . In this fpecies of writing , he certainly 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 ...
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... fathers in the street ? Grief makes me rail ; forrow will force its way ; And show'rs of tears tempeftuous fighs best lay , The tongue may fail ; but overflowing eyes Will weep out lafting streams of elegies . But thou , O virgin ...
... fathers in the street ? Grief makes me rail ; forrow will force its way ; And show'rs of tears tempeftuous fighs best lay , The tongue may fail ; but overflowing eyes Will weep out lafting streams of elegies . But thou , O virgin ...
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... 'd the line , And bravely fought where fouthern stars arise ; We trac'd the far - fetch'd gold unto the mine , And that which brib'd our fathers made our prize . XXXII . Such was our prince ; yet own'd a OLIVER CROMWELL . 13.
... 'd the line , And bravely fought where fouthern stars arise ; We trac'd the far - fetch'd gold unto the mine , And that which brib'd our fathers made our prize . XXXII . Such was our prince ; yet own'd a OLIVER CROMWELL . 13.
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... father's forrows , with his crown , Could taste no sweets of youth's defired age ; But found his life too true a pilgrimage . Unconquer'd yet in that forlorn eftate , His manly courage overcame his fate . His wounds he took , like ...
... father's forrows , with his crown , Could taste no sweets of youth's defired age ; But found his life too true a pilgrimage . Unconquer'd yet in that forlorn eftate , His manly courage overcame his fate . His wounds he took , like ...
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