The poetical works of John Dryden, ed. by C.C. Clarke1874 |
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Page viii
... mean circumstances at this period of his life , and asserted that he was a mere drudge to Her- ringman . He , at all events , did little in his own proper poetic calling for two years . A poem on the Coronation of Charles , well fitted ...
... mean circumstances at this period of his life , and asserted that he was a mere drudge to Her- ringman . He , at all events , did little in his own proper poetic calling for two years . A poem on the Coronation of Charles , well fitted ...
Page xv
... mean and characteristic revenge . He hired bravoes , who , waiting for Dryden as he was returning , on the 18th December 1679 , from Will's coffee - house to his own house in Gerard Street , rushed out and severely beat and wounded him ...
... mean and characteristic revenge . He hired bravoes , who , waiting for Dryden as he was returning , on the 18th December 1679 , from Will's coffee - house to his own house in Gerard Street , rushed out and severely beat and wounded him ...
Page xix
... mean enough even to curtail the annual butt of sack . He probably had little hope of converting the author of " Religio Laici " to his faith , else he would not have with- held what Charles had so recently granted . Afterwards , when he ...
... mean enough even to curtail the annual butt of sack . He probably had little hope of converting the author of " Religio Laici " to his faith , else he would not have with- held what Charles had so recently granted . Afterwards , when he ...
Page xxiv
... means a model of the virtues . He loved to sit at Will's coffee - house , and be the arbiter of criticism . His favourite stimulus was snuff , and his favour- ite amusement angling . He had a bad address , a down look , and little of ...
... means a model of the virtues . He loved to sit at Will's coffee - house , and be the arbiter of criticism . His favourite stimulus was snuff , and his favour- ite amusement angling . He had a bad address , a down look , and little of ...
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... means as noble as your end : Which should you veil , we might unwind the clew , As men do nature , till we came to you . And as the Indies were not found , before Those rich perfumes , which , from the happy shore , The winds upon their ...
... means as noble as your end : Which should you veil , we might unwind the clew , As men do nature , till we came to you . And as the Indies were not found , before Those rich perfumes , which , from the happy shore , The winds upon their ...
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Page 30 - Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend : God never made His work for man to mend.
Page 62 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Page 90 - Grecian ghosts, that in battle were slain, And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain; Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew. Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods.
Page 296 - But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day.
Page 111 - Gainst form and order they their power employ, Nothing to build and all things to destroy. But far more numerous was the herd of such Who think too little and who talk too much. These out of mere instinct, they knew not why, Adored their fathers...
Page 100 - A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Page 295 - Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone of all my sons is he Who stands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense.
Page 112 - He laughed himself from Court ; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief : For spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel ; Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left.
Page 96 - Of men by laws less circumscribed and bound, They led their wild desires to woods and caves And thought that all but savages were slaves.
Page 185 - I shall say the less of Mr Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality ; and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.