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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... truths , folid convincing fer fe , Explain'd by unaffected eloquence . What can you ( Reverend Levi ) here také ill ? Men ftill had faults , and men will have them ftill ; He that hath none , and lives as angels do , Must be an angel ...
... truths , folid convincing fer fe , Explain'd by unaffected eloquence . What can you ( Reverend Levi ) here také ill ? Men ftill had faults , and men will have them ftill ; He that hath none , and lives as angels do , Must be an angel ...
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... truth of it . The violent on both fides will condemn the character of Abfalom , as either too favourably or too hardly drawn . But they are not the violent whom I defire to please . The fault on the right hand is to exte- nuate ...
... truth of it . The violent on both fides will condemn the character of Abfalom , as either too favourably or too hardly drawn . But they are not the violent whom I defire to please . The fault on the right hand is to exte- nuate ...
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... truth there was , but dash'd and brew'd with lies , To please the fools , and puzzle all the wife . Succeeding times did equal folly call , • 1 Believing nothing , or believing all . · Th ' Egyptian rites the Jebufites embrac'd ; Where ...
... truth there was , but dash'd and brew'd with lies , To please the fools , and puzzle all the wife . Succeeding times did equal folly call , • 1 Believing nothing , or believing all . · Th ' Egyptian rites the Jebufites embrac'd ; Where ...
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... truth proclaim ; His loyalty the King , the world his fame . His mercy e'en th ' offending croud will find ; For fure he comes of a forgiving kind . Why should I then repine at heaven's decree , Which gives me no pretence to royalty ...
... truth proclaim ; His loyalty the King , the world his fame . His mercy e'en th ' offending croud will find ; For fure he comes of a forgiving kind . Why should I then repine at heaven's decree , Which gives me no pretence to royalty ...
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... truths are mingled in his book ; But where the witness fail'd the prophet spoke : Some things like vifionary flight appear ; The fpirit caught him up the Lord knows where ; And gave him his rabinical degree , Unknown to foreign ...
... truths are mingled in his book ; But where the witness fail'd the prophet spoke : Some things like vifionary flight appear ; The fpirit caught him up the Lord knows where ; And gave him his rabinical degree , Unknown to foreign ...
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