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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... must the subject have raised such a writer ? With what fublimity of thought and ex- preffion , with what happy elegance and variety of harmony would fuch a writer have adorned his fubject ? Inferior authors can only look up to this ...
... must the subject have raised such a writer ? With what fublimity of thought and ex- preffion , with what happy elegance and variety of harmony would fuch a writer have adorned his fubject ? Inferior authors can only look up to this ...
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... must have remained wholly without a key . He should think himself ungrateful did he not here acknowledge , that he owes much to the communication of David Mallet , Efq ; whofe polite writings are an ornament to the age ; to the learned ...
... must have remained wholly without a key . He should think himself ungrateful did he not here acknowledge , that he owes much to the communication of David Mallet , Efq ; whofe polite writings are an ornament to the age ; to the learned ...
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... must always reflect upon the nation that gave him birth , make us ardently wish for a more accurate life of him than any which has hitherto ap- peared : nor will , we hope , the learned writers of the Biographica Britannica , nor thofe ...
... must always reflect upon the nation that gave him birth , make us ardently wish for a more accurate life of him than any which has hitherto ap- peared : nor will , we hope , the learned writers of the Biographica Britannica , nor thofe ...
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... must be owned , the ridi- cule is in many places juft and ftriking , though Mr. Dryden affects to treat it with great contempt , par- ticularly in the dedication of his tranflations from Juvenal and Perfius to the earl of Dorfet , fee ...
... must be owned , the ridi- cule is in many places juft and ftriking , though Mr. Dryden affects to treat it with great contempt , par- ticularly in the dedication of his tranflations from Juvenal and Perfius to the earl of Dorfet , fee ...
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... Must be an angel ; but what's that to you ? While mighty Lewis find the pope too great , And dreads the yoke of his impofing feat , Our fects a more tyrannic pow'r affume , And would for fcorpions change the rods of Rome ; That church ...
... Must be an angel ; but what's that to you ? While mighty Lewis find the pope too great , And dreads the yoke of his impofing feat , Our fects a more tyrannic pow'r affume , And would for fcorpions change the rods of Rome ; That church ...
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