The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales, and Translations ...J. and R. Tonson, 1767 - English poetry |
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Page 14
... state did groan ; Madness the pulpit , faction seiz'd the throne : Experienc'd age in deep defpair was loft , To fee the rebel thrive , the loyal croft : Youth that with joys had unacquainted been , Envy'd gray hairs that once good days ...
... state did groan ; Madness the pulpit , faction seiz'd the throne : Experienc'd age in deep defpair was loft , To fee the rebel thrive , the loyal croft : Youth that with joys had unacquainted been , Envy'd gray hairs that once good days ...
Page 33
... state , And we , I take it , have not much of that . Well monarchies may own religion's name , But ftates are atheists in their very frame . They share a fin ; and fuch proportions fall , That , like a flink , ' tis nothing to them all ...
... state , And we , I take it , have not much of that . Well monarchies may own religion's name , But ftates are atheists in their very frame . They share a fin ; and fuch proportions fall , That , like a flink , ' tis nothing to them all ...
Page 55
... state , He firft was kill'd who firft to battle went . 22 . Their chief blown up in air , not waves , expir'd , To which his pride prefum'd to give the law : The Dutch confefs'd heaven present , and retir'd , And all was Britain the ...
... state , He firft was kill'd who firft to battle went . 22 . Their chief blown up in air , not waves , expir'd , To which his pride prefum'd to give the law : The Dutch confefs'd heaven present , and retir'd , And all was Britain the ...
Page 105
... State Poems . Sir George Etherege intended for him the cele brated character of Sir Fopling Flutter . Jack Hall , a courtier , whon I take to be the fame with Uzza in the second part of Abfalom and Achitophel . 3 A very Killigrew ...
... State Poems . Sir George Etherege intended for him the cele brated character of Sir Fopling Flutter . Jack Hall , a courtier , whon I take to be the fame with Uzza in the second part of Abfalom and Achitophel . 3 A very Killigrew ...
Page 114
... natural , in my weak judgment , an act of oblivion were as neceffary in a hot diftemper'd state , as an opiate would be in a raging fever . A ...... Xx ABSALOM } ก ABSALO M AND A CHITOPHE L. I ' PART 114 To the READER . ABSALOM ...
... natural , in my weak judgment , an act of oblivion were as neceffary in a hot diftemper'd state , as an opiate would be in a raging fever . A ...... Xx ABSALOM } ก ABSALO M AND A CHITOPHE L. I ' PART 114 To the READER . ABSALOM ...
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