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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... tell . Mag . Coll . Oxon . June 2 , 1693 . From Mr. ADDISON'S Account of the ENGLISH POETS . UT fee where artful Dryden next appears , BY Grown old in rhyme , but charming ev'n in years . Great Dryden next ! whose tuneful muse affords ...
... tell . Mag . Coll . Oxon . June 2 , 1693 . From Mr. ADDISON'S Account of the ENGLISH POETS . UT fee where artful Dryden next appears , BY Grown old in rhyme , but charming ev'n in years . Great Dryden next ! whose tuneful muse affords ...
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... tell you , that as I have endeavoured to adorn it with noble thoughts , fo much more to exprefs thofe thoughts with elocution . The compofition of all poems is , or ought to be , of wit ; and wit in the poet , or wit - writing ( if you ...
... tell you , that as I have endeavoured to adorn it with noble thoughts , fo much more to exprefs thofe thoughts with elocution . The compofition of all poems is , or ought to be , of wit ; and wit in the poet , or wit - writing ( if you ...
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... tell you , and by you the world , that he has been my mafter in this poem : I have fol- lowed him every where , I know not with what fuc- cefs , but I am fure with diligence enough : my images are many of them copied from him , and the ...
... tell you , and by you the world , that he has been my mafter in this poem : I have fol- lowed him every where , I know not with what fuc- cefs , but I am fure with diligence enough : my images are many of them copied from him , and the ...
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... tell what he had pafs'd before , Now fees in English ships the Holland coaft , And parents arms , in vain , ftretch'd from the fhore . 34 . This careful husband had been long away , Whom his chafte wife and little children mourn ; Who ...
... tell what he had pafs'd before , Now fees in English ships the Holland coaft , And parents arms , in vain , ftretch'd from the fhore . 34 . This careful husband had been long away , Whom his chafte wife and little children mourn ; Who ...
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... quell , We should at firft have fhun'd , not met our foes : Whose numerous fails the fearful only tell : Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows . 77. He 77 . He said , nor needed more to say ANNUS MIRABILIS . 63.
... quell , We should at firft have fhun'd , not met our foes : Whose numerous fails the fearful only tell : Courage from hearts and not from numbers grows . 77. He 77 . He said , nor needed more to say ANNUS MIRABILIS . 63.
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