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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... whole , prefix'd a long and beautiful difcourfe , by way of dedication , to the Earl of Dorfet . His Tranflation of Du Fref- noy's Art of Painting was publish'd in 1695 , and that of Virgil's Works in 1697. His laft Work was his Fables ...
... whole , prefix'd a long and beautiful difcourfe , by way of dedication , to the Earl of Dorfet . His Tranflation of Du Fref- noy's Art of Painting was publish'd in 1695 , and that of Virgil's Works in 1697. His laft Work was his Fables ...
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... whole poem being first written , and now fent you from a place , where I have not so much as the converse of any feaman . Yet though the trouble I had in writing it was great , it was more than recompenfed by the pleasure . I found ...
... whole poem being first written , and now fent you from a place , where I have not so much as the converse of any feaman . Yet though the trouble I had in writing it was great , it was more than recompenfed by the pleasure . I found ...
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... whole Armadoes bring : Him aged feamen might their master call , And chufe for general , were he not their King . 15 . It seems as every fhip their fovereign knows , His awful fummons they so foon obey ; So hear the fcaly herd when ...
... whole Armadoes bring : Him aged feamen might their master call , And chufe for general , were he not their King . 15 . It seems as every fhip their fovereign knows , His awful fummons they so foon obey ; So hear the fcaly herd when ...
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... whole heaps of fpices lights a ball , And now their odours arm'd against them fly : Some preciously by fhatter'd porcelain fall , And some by aromatic fplinters die . 30 . And though by tempefts of the prize bereft , In heaven's ...
... whole heaps of fpices lights a ball , And now their odours arm'd against them fly : Some preciously by fhatter'd porcelain fall , And some by aromatic fplinters die . 30 . And though by tempefts of the prize bereft , In heaven's ...
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... whole war receives : All bare , like fome old oak which tempefts beat , He ftands , and fees below his fcatter'd leaves . 62 . Heroes of old , when wounded , fhelter fought ; But he who meets all danger with difdain , E'en in their face ...
... whole war receives : All bare , like fome old oak which tempefts beat , He ftands , and fees below his fcatter'd leaves . 62 . Heroes of old , when wounded , fhelter fought ; But he who meets all danger with difdain , E'en in their face ...
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