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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... verfe , and fair translations show How thy own laurel first began to grow ; How wild Lycaon , chang'd by angry Gods , And frighted at himself , ran howling thro ' the woods . O may'st thou still the noble tale prolong , Nor VERSES in ...
... verfe , and fair translations show How thy own laurel first began to grow ; How wild Lycaon , chang'd by angry Gods , And frighted at himself , ran howling thro ' the woods . O may'st thou still the noble tale prolong , Nor VERSES in ...
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... verfe , than Epic poets : in whose room , if I am not deceived , Silius Italicus , though a worse writer , may more justly be ad- mitted . I have chofen to write my poem in quatrains , or ftanzas of four in alternate rhyme , because I ...
... verfe , than Epic poets : in whose room , if I am not deceived , Silius Italicus , though a worse writer , may more justly be ad- mitted . I have chofen to write my poem in quatrains , or ftanzas of four in alternate rhyme , because I ...
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... verfe of any feaman . Yet though the trouble I had in writing it was great , it was more than recompenfed by the pleasure . I found myself fo warm in celebrating the praises of military men , two such especially as the prince and ge ...
... verfe of any feaman . Yet though the trouble I had in writing it was great , it was more than recompenfed by the pleasure . I found myself fo warm in celebrating the praises of military men , two such especially as the prince and ge ...
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... verfe ; and , in this , Horace will again defend me . Et nova , fictaque nuper , habebunt verba fidem , fi Græco fonte cadunt , parcè detorta ----- The inference is exceeding plain : for if a Ro- man poet might have liberty to coin a ...
... verfe ; and , in this , Horace will again defend me . Et nova , fictaque nuper , habebunt verba fidem , fi Græco fonte cadunt , parcè detorta ----- The inference is exceeding plain : for if a Ro- man poet might have liberty to coin a ...
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... verfe , which tickles even while it hurts : and no man can be heartily angry with him who pleases him against his will . The commenda- tion of adverfaries is the greatest triumph of a writer , because it never comes unless extorted ...
... verfe , which tickles even while it hurts : and no man can be heartily angry with him who pleases him against his will . The commenda- tion of adverfaries is the greatest triumph of a writer , because it never comes unless extorted ...
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