The Works of John Dryden: Poetical worksPaterson, 1884 - English literature |
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... natural feeling of what were the proper attributes of poetry , than to any change in the taste of the age . Sprat , who also solemnises the decease of Cromwell , runs absolutely riot in pindarics , and furnishes as excellent an instance ...
... natural feeling of what were the proper attributes of poetry , than to any change in the taste of the age . Sprat , who also solemnises the decease of Cromwell , runs absolutely riot in pindarics , and furnishes as excellent an instance ...
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... Nature , saw How she complexions did divide and brew.t * In 1655 Cromwell allied himself with the rising power of France against the declining monarchy of Spain ; less guided , probably , by any general views of political expedi- ence ...
... Nature , saw How she complexions did divide and brew.t * In 1655 Cromwell allied himself with the rising power of France against the declining monarchy of Spain ; less guided , probably , by any general views of political expedi- ence ...
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... nature did like captives treat before ; To nobler preys the English lion sent , And taught him first in Belgian walks to roar.t * The author seems to allude to the old proverb , " Sapiens dominabitur astris . " The influence of the ...
... nature did like captives treat before ; To nobler preys the English lion sent , And taught him first in Belgian walks to roar.t * The author seems to allude to the old proverb , " Sapiens dominabitur astris . " The influence of the ...
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... nature . Waller has touched upon this remarkable incident with great felicity- We must resign ; heaven his great soul does claim , In storms as loud as his immortal fame ; His dying groans , his last breath , shake our isle , And trees ...
... nature . Waller has touched upon this remarkable incident with great felicity- We must resign ; heaven his great soul does claim , In storms as loud as his immortal fame ; His dying groans , his last breath , shake our isle , And trees ...
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... nature bred , and interest did increase . We sighed to hear the fair Iberian bride Must grow a lily to the lily's side ; † agent , or invader . Captain Ratcliff thus states the objection in his " News from Hell : Laureat , who was both ...
... nature bred , and interest did increase . We sighed to hear the fair Iberian bride Must grow a lily to the lily's side ; † agent , or invader . Captain Ratcliff thus states the objection in his " News from Hell : Laureat , who was both ...
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Page 76 - But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon ; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side ; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
Page 47 - And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty...
Page 259 - Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 47 - And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
Page 239 - A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?
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Page 286 - Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!
Page 306 - Jotham of piercing wit and pregnant thought, Endued by nature and by learning taught To move assemblies, who but only tried The worse a while, then chose the better side, Nor chose alone, but turned the balance too, So much the weight of one brave man can do.
Page 148 - With roomy decks, her guns of mighty strength, Whose low-laid mouths each mounting billow laves : Deep in her draught, and warlike in her length, She seems a sea-wasp flying on the waves.
Page 84 - Holland fleet, who, tir'il and done, Stretch'd on their decks, like weary oxen lie : Faint sweats all down their mighty members run, (Vast bulks, which little souls but ill supply.) In dreams they fearful precipices tread, • Or, shipwreck'd, labour to some distant shore ; Or in dark churches walk among the dead ; They wake with horror, and dare sleep no more.