The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq;: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales, and Translations, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1760 |
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... Nature gave him a child , what men in vain Oft strive , by art though further'd , to obtain . His body was an orb , his fublime foul Did move on virtue's , and on learning's pole : Whofe reg'lar motions better to our view , Than ...
... Nature gave him a child , what men in vain Oft strive , by art though further'd , to obtain . His body was an orb , his fublime foul Did move on virtue's , and on learning's pole : Whofe reg'lar motions better to our view , Than ...
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... nature , faw How the complexions did divide and brew , XXVI . Or he their fingle virtues did furvey , By intuition in his own large breast , Where all the rich ideas of them lay , That were the rule and measure to the rest , XXVII ...
... nature , faw How the complexions did divide and brew , XXVI . Or he their fingle virtues did furvey , By intuition in his own large breast , Where all the rich ideas of them lay , That were the rule and measure to the rest , XXVII ...
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... nature did like captives treat before ; To nobler preys the English lion fent , And taught him first in Belgian walks to roar . XXX . That old unqueftion'd pirate of the land , ProudRome with dread the fate of Dunkirk heard ; And ...
... nature did like captives treat before ; To nobler preys the English lion fent , And taught him first in Belgian walks to roar . XXX . That old unqueftion'd pirate of the land , ProudRome with dread the fate of Dunkirk heard ; And ...
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... nature bred , and intereft did increase . We figh'd to hear the fair Iberian bride Muft grow a lily to the lily's fide , While our cross stars deny'd us Charles ' bed , Whom our first flames and virgin love did wed . For his long ...
... nature bred , and intereft did increase . We figh'd to hear the fair Iberian bride Muft grow a lily to the lily's fide , While our cross stars deny'd us Charles ' bed , Whom our first flames and virgin love did wed . For his long ...
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... natural we fee ? Man's architect distinctly did ordain The charge of mufcles , nerves , and of the brain , ' Through viewless conduits fpirits to dispense ; The springs of motion from the feat of sense . ' Twas not the hasty product of ...
... natural we fee ? Man's architect distinctly did ordain The charge of mufcles , nerves , and of the brain , ' Through viewless conduits fpirits to dispense ; The springs of motion from the feat of sense . ' Twas not the hasty product of ...
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