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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... once , to break a lance with Shakespear ( whofe Anthony and Cleopatra is on the fame fubject ) particularly in the famous defcription of the queen of Egypt's failing down the Cydnus . Her galley down the filver Cydnus , & c . How he has ...
... once , to break a lance with Shakespear ( whofe Anthony and Cleopatra is on the fame fubject ) particularly in the famous defcription of the queen of Egypt's failing down the Cydnus . Her galley down the filver Cydnus , & c . How he has ...
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... once ; the rest who does not know . Tom Brown , in a pamphlet , entituled , " The late " Converts expofed , or , the Reasons of Mr. Bayes ' " changing his Religion , " infinuates , that Dryden follicited to be ordained in the Proteftant ...
... once ; the rest who does not know . Tom Brown , in a pamphlet , entituled , " The late " Converts expofed , or , the Reasons of Mr. Bayes ' " changing his Religion , " infinuates , that Dryden follicited to be ordained in the Proteftant ...
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... d a peace , Our once bold rival of the British main , Now tamely glad her unjust claim to cease , And buy our friendship with her idol , gain . XXII . Fame of th'afferted fea through Europe blown , I OLIVER CROMWELL . 11.
... d a peace , Our once bold rival of the British main , Now tamely glad her unjust claim to cease , And buy our friendship with her idol , gain . XXII . Fame of th'afferted fea through Europe blown , I OLIVER CROMWELL . 11.
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... once good days had feen : We thought our fires , not with their own content , Had ere we came to age our portion spent . Nor could our nobles hope their bold attempt Who ruin'd crowns would coronets exempt : For when by their defigning ...
... once good days had feen : We thought our fires , not with their own content , Had ere we came to age our portion spent . Nor could our nobles hope their bold attempt Who ruin'd crowns would coronets exempt : For when by their defigning ...
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... once refolv'd and fkilful too . He would not , like foft Otho , hope prevent , But stay'd and fuffer'd fortune to repent . These virtues Galba in a stranger fought , And Pifo to adopted empire brought , How fhall I then my doubtful ...
... once refolv'd and fkilful too . He would not , like foft Otho , hope prevent , But stay'd and fuffer'd fortune to repent . These virtues Galba in a stranger fought , And Pifo to adopted empire brought , How fhall I then my doubtful ...
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