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" And all his pow'r against himself employs. He gives, and let him give my right away: But why should he his own, and yours betray? He, only he can make the nation bleed, And he alone from my revenge is freed. Take then my tears... "
The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original ... - Page 133
by John Dryden - 1767
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden

John Dryden - 1909 - 1112 pages
...let him give, my right away; But why should he his own and yours betray? He, only he, can make tlie nation bleed, And he alone from my revenge! is freed. Take then my tears, (with that he vip'd his eyes,) 'Tis all the aid my present pow'r supplies: No court-informer can these arms accuse;...
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The English Parnassus: An Anthology, Chiefly of Longer Poems

William Macneile Dixon - English poetry - 1911 - 792 pages
...And all his power against himself employs. He gives, and let him give, my right away ; But why should he his own and yours betray ? He, only he can make...revenge is freed. Take then my tears (with that he wiped his eyes), 'Tis all the aid my present power supplies : No court-informer can these arms accuse...
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The Satires of Dryden: Absalom and Achitophel, The Medal, Mac Flecknoe ...

John Dryden - 1923 - 196 pages
...all his power against himself employs. " He gives, and let him give, my right away ; " But why should he his own and yours betray ? " He, only he can make...revenge is freed. " Take then my tears (with that he wiped his eyes), " 'Tis all the aid my present power supplies : " No court-informer can these arms...
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Heath Readings in the Literature of England

Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - English literature - 1927 - 1432 pages
...imploys. He gives, and let him give, my right away; But why should he his own and yours betray? 710 teede did chide his fomiug bitt, As much disdayning...curbe to yield : Full jolly knight he seemd, and fair wiped his eyes,) 'Tis all the aid my present pow'r supplies: No court^informer can these arms accuse;...
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The Crafting of Absalom and Achitophel: Dryden’s Pen for a Party

W. Thomas - Biography & Autobiography - 1978 - 248 pages
...being coyly ambiguous about who the "next Successor" is: He only, he can make the Nation bleed, [715] And he alone from my revenge is freed. Take then my...tears (with that he wip'd his Eyes) Tis all the Aid my present power supplies: No Court Informer can these Arms accuse, These Arms may Sons against their...
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Cato's Tears and the Making of Anglo-American Emotion

Julie Ellison - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 246 pages
...And all his power against himself employs. He gives, and let him give, my right away; But why should he his own and yours betray? He, only he, can make...nation bleed, And he alone from my revenge is freed. (707 l (>) The speech culminates in the proof of tears shed in the service of the political bonds forged...
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Restoration Literature: An Anthology

Paul Hammond - Drama - 2002 - 484 pages
...And all his power against himself employs. He gives, and let him give, my right away. But why should he his own, and yours, betray? He only, he can make...revenge is freed. Take then my tears' (with that he wiped his eyes), ' 'Tis all the aid my present power supplies. No court informer can these arms accuse,...
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The Major Works

John Dryden - English literature - 2003 - 1024 pages
...And all his power against himself employs. He gives, and let him give, my right away; But why should he his own and yours betray? He, only he, can make...revenge is freed. Take then my tears' (with that he wiped his eyes), "Tis all the aid my present power supplies: No court-informer can these arms accuse;...
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British Political Thought in History, Literature and Theory, 1500–1800

David Armitage - Political Science - 2006 - 9 pages
...And all his pow'r against himself employs. He gives, and let him give my right away, But why should he his own, and yours betray? He only, he can make...(with that he wip'd his eyes) 'Tis all the Aid my present power supplies: No Court Informer can these Arms accuse; These Arms may Sons against their...
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Selected Poems

John Dryden - Poetry - 2002 - 612 pages
...employs. He gives, and let him give my right away, But why should he his own and yours betray? 715 He, only he, can make the nation bleed, And he alone...revenge is freed. Take then my tears' (with that he wiped his eyes); ' 'Tis all the aid my present power supplies; No court informer can these arms accuse,...
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