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... easy , affable , familiar , friendly : Search , and know all mankind's mysterious ways ; This is the way , this only , to be safe In such a world as this . Dryden . Sedley . Rowe , Ulysses . ADVICE - continued . ADVICE - AFFECTION . No ...
... easy , affable , familiar , friendly : Search , and know all mankind's mysterious ways ; This is the way , this only , to be safe In such a world as this . Dryden . Sedley . Rowe , Ulysses . ADVICE - continued . ADVICE - AFFECTION . No ...
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... Dryden , Ed . IV . 1 . Learn to live well , or fairly make your will ; You've play'd , and lov'd , and ate , and drank your fill , Walk sober off , before a sprightlier age , Comes titt'ring on , and shoves you from the stage : Leave ...
... Dryden , Ed . IV . 1 . Learn to live well , or fairly make your will ; You've play'd , and lov'd , and ate , and drank your fill , Walk sober off , before a sprightlier age , Comes titt'ring on , and shoves you from the stage : Leave ...
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... Dryden . Dryden . Form his own worth , dies bankrupt on the score . Cleveland . Were honour to be scann'd by long descent From ancestors illustrious , I could vaunt A lineage of the greatest , and recount Among my fathers , names of ...
... Dryden . Dryden . Form his own worth , dies bankrupt on the score . Cleveland . Were honour to be scann'd by long descent From ancestors illustrious , I could vaunt A lineage of the greatest , and recount Among my fathers , names of ...
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... our foes . The elephant is never won with anger ; Sh . Jul . C. IV . 3 . Waller . Nor must that man , who would reclaim a lion , Take him by the teeth . Dryden , All for Love . ANGER - continued . ANGER ANTECEDENTS . With fiery eyes.
... our foes . The elephant is never won with anger ; Sh . Jul . C. IV . 3 . Waller . Nor must that man , who would reclaim a lion , Take him by the teeth . Dryden , All for Love . ANGER - continued . ANGER ANTECEDENTS . With fiery eyes.
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... Dryden , Don Sebastian . Appearances to save , his only care ; So things seem right no matter what they are . By outward show let's not be cheated ; An ass should like an ass be treated . " T is not the fairest form that holds The ...
... Dryden , Don Sebastian . Appearances to save , his only care ; So things seem right no matter what they are . By outward show let's not be cheated ; An ass should like an ass be treated . " T is not the fairest form that holds The ...
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