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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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... thought surprising that he did not , when the time came in 1657 , take the degree of Master of Arts , but the smallness of his means is quite suf- ficient to explain why he did not do so . By the ancient h I am indebted to Mr. W. Aldis ...
... thought surprising that he did not , when the time came in 1657 , take the degree of Master of Arts , but the smallness of his means is quite suf- ficient to explain why he did not do so . By the ancient h I am indebted to Mr. W. Aldis ...
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... thought this ' a very innocent and most pretty witty play m . The plots of both plays are extravagantly improbable , and coarseness and indecency appear in both . But they pleased the court , perhaps rather on account of than in spite ...
... thought this ' a very innocent and most pretty witty play m . The plots of both plays are extravagantly improbable , and coarseness and indecency appear in both . But they pleased the court , perhaps rather on account of than in spite ...
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... thought it no shame to learn , and if I have made some mistakes , it is only , as you can bear me witness , because I have wanted opportunity to correct them , the whole poem being first written and now sent you from a place where I ...
... thought it no shame to learn , and if I have made some mistakes , it is only , as you can bear me witness , because I have wanted opportunity to correct them , the whole poem being first written and now sent you from a place where I ...
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... thought surpassed , The next in majesty , in both the last . The force of nature could no farther go : To make a third she joined the former two . ' In the prologue of ' Aurengzebe , or the Great Mogul , ' a tragedy produced in 1675 ...
... thought surpassed , The next in majesty , in both the last . The force of nature could no farther go : To make a third she joined the former two . ' In the prologue of ' Aurengzebe , or the Great Mogul , ' a tragedy produced in 1675 ...
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Absalom and Achitophel Aeneid Albion and Albanius Annus Mirabilis Astræa Redux blood bold called changed Charles Church of England common Compare conscience Cromwell death dedicated Derrick doctrine Dryden Duchess Duke of Guise Duke of York Dutch Earl edition of 1688 editors English faith fame fate father fear fight fire fleet foes France French friends grace Heaven Hind Holland honour Hudibras including Scott Jebusites kind King laws Lord means mighty never o'er Oliver Cromwell original edition Ovid Palamon and Arcite Panther passage peace plain play poet Pope Popish Plot praise Preface Prince printed published Queen refers Reformation reign Religio Laici religion rest Restoration rhymes Roman Catholic sacred Satire says Scripture sects sense Shaftesbury Shakespeare shards sons soul spelling spelt stanza thou thought Threnodia Augustalis throne Tis true translation Twas verse Virgil wind wings Wolf word
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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.