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... honoured friend Sir Robert Howard , on his excellent Poems To my honoured friend Dr. Charleton , on his learned and useful Works , and more particularly this of Stonehenge , by him restored to the true Founders To the Lady Castlemaine ...
... honoured friend Sir Robert Howard , on his excellent Poems To my honoured friend Dr. Charleton , on his learned and useful Works , and more particularly this of Stonehenge , by him restored to the true Founders To the Lady Castlemaine ...
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... honour which he probably owed immediately to his poem addressed to Dr. Charleton on his work on Stonehenge , published in 1662 , in which he had reviewed English discoveries in science and lauded their authors . Of science Dryden had no ...
... honour which he probably owed immediately to his poem addressed to Dr. Charleton on his work on Stonehenge , published in 1662 , in which he had reviewed English discoveries in science and lauded their authors . Of science Dryden had no ...
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... honour by it to my king , my country , and my friends ; most of our ancient nobility being concerned in the action . And your lordship has one particular reason to promote this under- taking ; because you were the first who gave me the ...
... honour by it to my king , my country , and my friends ; most of our ancient nobility being concerned in the action . And your lordship has one particular reason to promote this under- taking ; because you were the first who gave me the ...
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... honour by so cowardly an assault . The Rose Alley assault , however , was made a continual theme for ridicule and ... honoured . This document was published by Mr. R. Bell in the Life prefixed to his edition of Dryden's Poems , 1854 of a ...
... honour by so cowardly an assault . The Rose Alley assault , however , was made a continual theme for ridicule and ... honoured . This document was published by Mr. R. Bell in the Life prefixed to his edition of Dryden's Poems , 1854 of a ...
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... Honour ; ” a very sorry performance . Samuel Pordage , an inferior dramatic writer , published a counter allegory , “ Azaria and Hushai ; " and Elkanah Settle , a former foe , pub- lished " Absalom Senior , or Achitophel Transposed , a ...
... Honour ; ” a very sorry performance . Samuel Pordage , an inferior dramatic writer , published a counter allegory , “ Azaria and Hushai ; " and Elkanah Settle , a former foe , pub- lished " Absalom Senior , or Achitophel Transposed , a ...
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Page 107 - Blest madman who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy! Railing and praising were his usual themes, And both, to show his judgment, in extremes : So over violent or over civil That every man with him was God or Devil.
Page 234 - The Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the love that Christians ought to have among themselves one to another, but rather is a sacrament of our redemption by Christ's death; Insomuch, that to such as rightly, worthily, and with faith receive the same, the bread which we break is a partaking of the body of Christ ; and likewise the cup of blessing is a partaking of the blood of Christ.
Page 376 - 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. The princes applaud with a furious joy ; And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy ; Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy.
Page 375 - War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour, but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying; If the world be worth thy winning, Think, O think it worth enjoying! Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee!
Page 226 - Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Page 373 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserves the fair...
Page 376 - Now strike the golden lyre again: A louder yet, and yet a louder strain ! Break his bands of sleep asunder And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head : As awaked from the dead, And amazed he stares around. Revenge, revenge...
Page 501 - Prioress and the broad-speaking gap-toothed Wife of Bath. But enough of this : there is such a variety of game springing up before me, that I am distracted in my choice, and know not which to follow.
Page 98 - Of listening crowds with jealousies and fears Of arbitrary counsels brought to light, And proves the King himself a Jebusite.
Page 375 - Changed his hand, and checked his pride. He chose a mournful Muse Soft pity to infuse : He sung Darius great and good, By too severe a fate Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, Fallen...