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 xxix
... fure he found his advantage , by printing in the title - page only the initial letters of his name , which might be equally applied to Dryden and Davies . Our author married the lady Elizabeth Howard , a daughter of the earl of ...
... fure he found his advantage , by printing in the title - page only the initial letters of his name , which might be equally applied to Dryden and Davies . Our author married the lady Elizabeth Howard , a daughter of the earl of ...
Page xxxiii
... fure always to excel ; and if univerfality of genius gives a title to pre eminence , perhaps we 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 ...
... fure always to excel ; and if univerfality of genius gives a title to pre eminence , perhaps we 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 ...
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... fure was his own act and deed . Our church will have that preface read you'll fay : ' Tis true : but fo fhe will th ' Apocrypha ; And fuch as can believe them , freely may . But did that God ( fo little understood ) Whofe darling ...
... fure was his own act and deed . Our church will have that preface read you'll fay : ' Tis true : but fo fhe will th ' Apocrypha ; And fuch as can believe them , freely may . But did that God ( fo little understood ) Whofe darling ...
Page 26
... fure groans beneath great Glofter's weight : Secure as when the halcyon breeds , with these , He that was born to drown might cross the seas . Heav'n could not own a Providence , and take The wealth three nations ventur'd at a stake ...
... fure groans beneath great Glofter's weight : Secure as when the halcyon breeds , with these , He that was born to drown might cross the seas . Heav'n could not own a Providence , and take The wealth three nations ventur'd at a stake ...
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... in alternate rhyme , because I have ever judged them more noble , and of greater dignity , both for the found and num- ber , than any other verfe in ufe amongst us ; in • which I am fure I have your approbation . 58 A LETTER TO.
... in alternate rhyme , because I have ever judged them more noble , and of greater dignity , both for the found and num- ber , than any other verfe in ufe amongst us ; in • which I am fure I have your approbation . 58 A LETTER TO.
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