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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... please himself , but Anthony and Cleopatra . His faults , in this refpect , were ridicul'd with great pleafantry , in 1671 , in the Rehearsal , written by the Duke of Buckingham , with the affiftance of Dr. Thomas Sprat his Chaplain ...
... please himself , but Anthony and Cleopatra . His faults , in this refpect , were ridicul'd with great pleafantry , in 1671 , in the Rehearsal , written by the Duke of Buckingham , with the affiftance of Dr. Thomas Sprat his Chaplain ...
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... the seas , Your thoughts themfelves in that blue empire please . Hither in fummer evenings you repair To tafte the fraicheur of the purer air : Undaunted Undaunted here you ride , when winter raves , With 26 On the CORONATION of.
... the seas , Your thoughts themfelves in that blue empire please . Hither in fummer evenings you repair To tafte the fraicheur of the purer air : Undaunted Undaunted here you ride , when winter raves , With 26 On the CORONATION of.
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... please ; There only fmiles because the lives at eafe ; And , like young David , finds her ftrength the more , When difincumber'd from thofe arms fhe wore . Heaven would our royal mafter fhould exceed Moft in that virtue , which we moft ...
... please ; There only fmiles because the lives at eafe ; And , like young David , finds her ftrength the more , When difincumber'd from thofe arms fhe wore . Heaven would our royal mafter fhould exceed Moft in that virtue , which we moft ...
Page 69
... please to fight : His cold experience tempers all his heat , And inbred worth doth boasting valour flight . 116 . Heroic virtue did his actions guide , And he the fubftance not the appearance chose : To rescue one fuch friend he took ...
... please to fight : His cold experience tempers all his heat , And inbred worth doth boasting valour flight . 116 . Heroic virtue did his actions guide , And he the fubftance not the appearance chose : To rescue one fuch friend he took ...
Page 103
... please , And laziness call loving of their ease : To live diffolv'd in pleafures ftill they feign , Tho ' their whole life's but intermitting pain : So much of furfeits , head - aches , claps are feen , We scarce perceive the little ...
... please , And laziness call loving of their ease : To live diffolv'd in pleafures ftill they feign , Tho ' their whole life's but intermitting pain : So much of furfeits , head - aches , claps are feen , We scarce perceive the little ...
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