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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... best of kings : Her melting ftrains in you a tomb have found , And lie like bees in their own fweetnefs drown'd , He that brought peace , all discord could atone , His name is mufic of itself alone . Now while the facred oil anoints ...
... best of kings : Her melting ftrains in you a tomb have found , And lie like bees in their own fweetnefs drown'd , He that brought peace , all discord could atone , His name is mufic of itself alone . Now while the facred oil anoints ...
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... best fubject I ever had , excepting only the royal family , fo also , that this I have written of them is much better than what I have performed on any other . I have been forced to help out other arguments ; but this has been 1 Prince ...
... best fubject I ever had , excepting only the royal family , fo also , that this I have written of them is much better than what I have performed on any other . I have been forced to help out other arguments ; but this has been 1 Prince ...
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... best of kings , that we may praise his fubjects without offend- ing him . Doubtless it proceeds from a just confi- dence of his own virtue , which the luftre of no other can be so great as to darken in him ; for the good or the valiant ...
... best of kings , that we may praise his fubjects without offend- ing him . Doubtless it proceeds from a just confi- dence of his own virtue , which the luftre of no other can be so great as to darken in him ; for the good or the valiant ...
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... best - lov'd King : And with a bounty ample as the wind , Built , fitted and maintain'd , to aid him bring . 155 . By viewing nature , nature's handmaid , art Makes mighty things from fmall beginnings grow : Thus fishes first to ...
... best - lov'd King : And with a bounty ample as the wind , Built , fitted and maintain'd , to aid him bring . 155 . By viewing nature , nature's handmaid , art Makes mighty things from fmall beginnings grow : Thus fishes first to ...
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... best your wife creator's praise declare , Since beft to praise his works is best to know . 166 . O truly royal ! who behold the law And rule of beings in your maker's mind : And thence , like limbecs , rich ideas draw , To fit the ...
... best your wife creator's praise declare , Since beft to praise his works is best to know . 166 . O truly royal ! who behold the law And rule of beings in your maker's mind : And thence , like limbecs , rich ideas draw , To fit the ...
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