The poetical works of John Dryden, ed. by C.C. Clarke1874 |
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Page 114
... truths are mingled in his book ; But where the witness fail'd , the prophet spoke . Some things like visionary flights appear ; The spirit caught him up the Lord knows where ; And gave him his rabbinical degree , Unknown to foreign ...
... truths are mingled in his book ; But where the witness fail'd , the prophet spoke . Some things like visionary flights appear ; The spirit caught him up the Lord knows where ; And gave him his rabbinical degree , Unknown to foreign ...
Page 121
... truth . His frugal care supplied the wanting throne- Frugal for that , but bounteous of his own : ' Tis easy conduct when exchequers flow ; But hard the task to manage well the low ; For sovereign power is too depress'd or high , When ...
... truth . His frugal care supplied the wanting throne- Frugal for that , but bounteous of his own : ' Tis easy conduct when exchequers flow ; But hard the task to manage well the low ; For sovereign power is too depress'd or high , When ...
Page 127
... Was thought below a pension'd evidence ; Mere truth was dull , nor suited with the port Of pamper'd Corah when advanced to court . 15 20 30 40 No less than wonders now they will impose , And ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL . PART II . 127.
... Was thought below a pension'd evidence ; Mere truth was dull , nor suited with the port Of pamper'd Corah when advanced to court . 15 20 30 40 No less than wonders now they will impose , And ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL . PART II . 127.
Page 130
... truth again , Or quench the sparks of duty that remain . How slight to force a throne that legions guard The task to me ! to prove unjust , how hard ! And if th ' imagined guilt thus wound my thought , What will it when the tragic scene ...
... truth again , Or quench the sparks of duty that remain . How slight to force a throne that legions guard The task to me ! to prove unjust , how hard ! And if th ' imagined guilt thus wound my thought , What will it when the tragic scene ...
Page 153
... truth strike Absalom's charm'd eyes , Lest he perceive , from long enchantment free , What all beside the flatter'd youth must see : But whate'er doubts his troubled bosom swell , Fair carriage still became Achitophel , Who now an ...
... truth strike Absalom's charm'd eyes , Lest he perceive , from long enchantment free , What all beside the flatter'd youth must see : But whate'er doubts his troubled bosom swell , Fair carriage still became Achitophel , Who now an ...
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Absalom Absalom and Achitophel Achitophel Albion and Albanius Amyntas Arcite beauty behold Bessus blessing blest blood bold breast Charles Charles II Chaucer Church crimes crowd crown cursed dare David's death design'd divine Dryden English eyes faction fair faith fame fate father fear fight fire foes fool force friends grace hand happy hast heart Heaven Hind honour hope Jebusites JOHN DRYDEN judge kind king labour land laws live lord mighty mind monarch Muse nature ne'er never noble numbers o'er once Ovid Panther peace plain play plot poem poet praise pretend prince Prologue race rage reign rest rhyme royal sacred satire Scripture sects seem'd sense Shadwell sight soul sure thee Theseus thou thought throne true truth twas University of Oxford verse Virgil virtue Whigs wind wise words write youth
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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.