Stanzas on the Death of Oliver Cromwell: Astraea Redux; Annus Mirabilis; Absalom and Achitohel; Religio Laici; The Hind and the PantherClarendon Press, 1874 - 301 pages |
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... reason for not accepting it . Of the early life of Dryden very little is known . His father possessed a small property at Blakesley in the neigh- bourhood of Canons Ashby , the seat of the Drydens , and of Tichmarch the seat of the ...
... reason for not accepting it . Of the early life of Dryden very little is known . His father possessed a small property at Blakesley in the neigh- bourhood of Canons Ashby , the seat of the Drydens , and of Tichmarch the seat of the ...
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... reputation ; and there is reason to believe that her conduct before marriage was not m Diary , February 23 , 1663 , and August 4 , 1664 . irreproachable . If this were so , happiness could hardly XX BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION .
... reputation ; and there is reason to believe that her conduct before marriage was not m Diary , February 23 , 1663 , and August 4 , 1664 . irreproachable . If this were so , happiness could hardly XX BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION .
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... reason to believe that in time all arrears were paid to him . He received also in December 1683 the appointment of Collector of Customs in London , which may have been a profitable appointment . Various literary labours occupied the ...
... reason to believe that in time all arrears were paid to him . He received also in December 1683 the appointment of Collector of Customs in London , which may have been a profitable appointment . Various literary labours occupied the ...
Page xxxix
... reason to be ashamed . ' Dryden held himself proudly in his enforced change of cir- cumstances . King William's government could not favour him , even if there were the disposition to do so . His Toryism and his many gibes at the Dutch ...
... reason to be ashamed . ' Dryden held himself proudly in his enforced change of cir- cumstances . King William's government could not favour him , even if there were the disposition to do so . His Toryism and his many gibes at the Dutch ...
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... Brown , in ' The Reasons for Mr. Bayes changing his Religion . ' 1 Defence of the Essay on Dramatic Poesy . A Satire to his Muse . 1 Spence's Anecdotes . from himself , a youth of seventeen , and a d 2 BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION . li.
... Brown , in ' The Reasons for Mr. Bayes changing his Religion . ' 1 Defence of the Essay on Dramatic Poesy . A Satire to his Muse . 1 Spence's Anecdotes . from himself , a youth of seventeen , and a d 2 BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION . li.
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Page 247 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the Sun stood still, and the Moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies...
Page 103 - He laughed himself from court; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief; For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom, and wise Achitophel ; Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left.
Page lvi - But know, that I alone am king of me. I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Page 234 - And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
Page x - For this reason, though he must always be thought a great poet, he is no longer esteemed a good writer; and for ten impressions, which his works have had in so many successive years, yet at present a hundred books are scarcely purchased once a twelvemonth; for, as my last Lord Rochester said, though somewhat profanely, Not being of God, he could not stand.
Page 103 - So over violent or over civil That every man with him was God or Devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art; Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggared by fools whom still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate.
Page 285 - Though without number still, amidst the hall Of that infernal court. But far within, And in their own dimensions like themselves, The great seraphic lords and cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat, A thousand demigods on golden seats, Frequent and full.
Page 265 - With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies : alas ! how changed from him That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim...
Page 282 - I AB do solemnly and sincerely in the presence of God profess, testify and declare, that I do believe that in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper there is not any transubstantiation of the elements of bread and wine into the body and blood of . Christ, at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever...
Page 92 - He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.