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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... fhall not here take upon us to decide in his ftile he profeffes to have imitat- ed that prince of the drama , and on that account he has difincumbered himself of rhyme ; not that he condemns that way of writing , which he fo long ufed ...
... fhall not here take upon us to decide in his ftile he profeffes to have imitat- ed that prince of the drama , and on that account he has difincumbered himself of rhyme ; not that he condemns that way of writing , which he fo long ufed ...
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... fhall make difco- ἐσ very of the faid offenders to the faid Mr. Dryden , or " to any juftice of peace for the liberty of Weftmin- fter , he fhall not only receive fifty pounds , which " is depofited in the hands of Mr. Blanchard , gold ...
... fhall make difco- ἐσ very of the faid offenders to the faid Mr. Dryden , or " to any juftice of peace for the liberty of Weftmin- fter , he fhall not only receive fifty pounds , which " is depofited in the hands of Mr. Blanchard , gold ...
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... fhall be scarcely excused for admitting any to rank above him . In elegy he was plaintive and tender ; in panegyric he had the art of throwing a luftre round a character that funk all its imperfections . In fatire he was ftrong , bold ...
... fhall be scarcely excused for admitting any to rank above him . In elegy he was plaintive and tender ; in panegyric he had the art of throwing a luftre round a character that funk all its imperfections . In fatire he was ftrong , bold ...
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... fhall thy facred lays H our Provoke our wonder , and transcend our praise ! Can neither injuries of time , or age , Damp thy poetick heat , and quench thy rage ? Not fo thy Ovid in his exile wrote ; Grief chill'd his breast , and check ...
... fhall thy facred lays H our Provoke our wonder , and transcend our praise ! Can neither injuries of time , or age , Damp thy poetick heat , and quench thy rage ? Not fo thy Ovid in his exile wrote ; Grief chill'd his breast , and check ...
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... fhall ftill preferve thy fame alive , And Dryden's mufe fhall in his friend furvive . LOFOTOLO On ALEXANDER's FEAST : Or , The POWER of MUSICK . An ODE . From Mr. POPE'S ESSAY ON CRITICISM , 1. 376 . HE EAR how Timotheus ' vary'd lays ...
... fhall ftill preferve thy fame alive , And Dryden's mufe fhall in his friend furvive . LOFOTOLO On ALEXANDER's FEAST : Or , The POWER of MUSICK . An ODE . From Mr. POPE'S ESSAY ON CRITICISM , 1. 376 . HE EAR how Timotheus ' vary'd lays ...
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