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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... mind poffeft , And fecond youth is kindled in thy breaft . Thou mak'ft the beauties of the Romans known , And England boafts of riches not her own : Thy lines have heighten'd Virgil's majefty , And Horace wonders at himfelf in thee ...
... mind poffeft , And fecond youth is kindled in thy breaft . Thou mak'ft the beauties of the Romans known , And England boafts of riches not her own : Thy lines have heighten'd Virgil's majefty , And Horace wonders at himfelf in thee ...
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... mind . I The ship in which Charles the Second returned from exile . 2 Henry of Oatlands , duke of Gloucefter , third fon of Charles the fift , landed at Dover with his brother in 1660 , and died of the Imall pox foon afterwards . C 3 ...
... mind . I The ship in which Charles the Second returned from exile . 2 Henry of Oatlands , duke of Gloucefter , third fon of Charles the fift , landed at Dover with his brother in 1660 , and died of the Imall pox foon afterwards . C 3 ...
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... mind . What to your cares we owe , is learnt from hence , When even your pleasures ferve for our defence . Beyond your court flows in th ' admitted tide , Where in new depth , the wondering fishes glide : Here in a royal bed the waters ...
... mind . What to your cares we owe , is learnt from hence , When even your pleasures ferve for our defence . Beyond your court flows in th ' admitted tide , Where in new depth , the wondering fishes glide : Here in a royal bed the waters ...
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... mind . So when the weary fun his place refigns , He leaves his light , and by reflection fhines . Justice , that fits and frowns where public laws Exclude foft mercy from a private cause , In your tribunal most herself does please ...
... mind . So when the weary fun his place refigns , He leaves his light , and by reflection fhines . Justice , that fits and frowns where public laws Exclude foft mercy from a private cause , In your tribunal most herself does please ...
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... mind , That , like the earth , it leaves our fenfe behind , While you fo fmoothly turn and roll our fphere , That rapid motion does but reft a appear . For , as in nature's swiftnefs , with the throng Of flying orbs while ours is born ...
... mind , That , like the earth , it leaves our fenfe behind , While you fo fmoothly turn and roll our fphere , That rapid motion does but reft a appear . For , as in nature's swiftnefs , with the throng Of flying orbs while ours is born ...
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