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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... thing to 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 ...
... thing to 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 ...
Page ix
... thing , that he had read . He was not more poffefs'd of knowledge , than he was communicative of it : but then his communication of it was by no means pe- dantic , or impos'd upon the converfation , but just fuch , and went fo far , as ...
... thing , that he had read . He was not more poffefs'd of knowledge , than he was communicative of it : but then his communication of it was by no means pe- dantic , or impos'd upon the converfation , but just fuch , and went fo far , as ...
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... things which our king protects . From your lov'd Thames a bleffing yet is due , Second alone to that it brought in you ; A queen , near whofe chafte womb , ordain'd by fate , The fouls of kings unborn for bodies wait . It was your love ...
... things which our king protects . From your lov'd Thames a bleffing yet is due , Second alone to that it brought in you ; A queen , near whofe chafte womb , ordain'd by fate , The fouls of kings unborn for bodies wait . It was your love ...
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... things , Kept fresh to be unfolded with your king's . Shewn all at once you dazzled fo our eyes , As new - born Pallas did the gods furprife : When , fpringing forth from Jove's new - clofing wound , She ftruck the warlike fpear into ...
... things , Kept fresh to be unfolded with your king's . Shewn all at once you dazzled fo our eyes , As new - born Pallas did the gods furprife : When , fpringing forth from Jove's new - clofing wound , She ftruck the warlike fpear into ...
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... things else above our humble fate , Your equal mind yet fwells not into ftate , But , like some mountain in thofe happy ifles , Where in perpetual fpring young nature fmiles , Your greatness fhews : no horror to affright , But trees for ...
... things else above our humble fate , Your equal mind yet fwells not into ftate , But , like some mountain in thofe happy ifles , Where in perpetual fpring young nature fmiles , Your greatness fhews : no horror to affright , But trees for ...
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