The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems, Tales and Translations, Volume 4Rivington, 1811 |
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... force , our fleet with flame : 146 Was it the ftrength of this tongue - valiant lord , In that black hour , that fav'd you from the fword ; Or was my breaft expos'd alone , to brave A thoufand fwords , a thousand ships to fave ? 150 The ...
... force , our fleet with flame : 146 Was it the ftrength of this tongue - valiant lord , In that black hour , that fav'd you from the fword ; Or was my breaft expos'd alone , to brave A thoufand fwords , a thousand ships to fave ? 150 The ...
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... I want not nerves , who could fuftain . The pond'rous ruins of fo great a man : Or if in others equal force you find , None is endu'd with a more grateful mind . 446 Did Thetis then , ambitious in her care , Thefe 18 THE SPEECHES OF.
... I want not nerves , who could fuftain . The pond'rous ruins of fo great a man : Or if in others equal force you find , None is endu'd with a more grateful mind . 446 Did Thetis then , ambitious in her care , Thefe 18 THE SPEECHES OF.
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... force against Achilles bent ? For , if diffembling be fo great a crime , The fault is common , and the fame in him : 465 And if he taxes both of long delay , My guilt is lefs , who fooner came away . His pious mother , anxious for his ...
... force against Achilles bent ? For , if diffembling be fo great a crime , The fault is common , and the fame in him : 465 And if he taxes both of long delay , My guilt is lefs , who fooner came away . His pious mother , anxious for his ...
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... to pass , But fcale , with fteep afcent , the facred place ; With wand'ring fteps to search the citadel , And from the priests their patronefs to steal : 531 Then through furrounding foes to force my way , AJAX AND ULYSSES . 21.
... to pass , But fcale , with fteep afcent , the facred place ; With wand'ring fteps to search the citadel , And from the priests their patronefs to steal : 531 Then through furrounding foes to force my way , AJAX AND ULYSSES . 21.
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... force my way , And bear in triumph home the heavenly prey ; Which had I not , Ajax in vain had held , Before that monftrous bulk , his fevenfold fhield . That night to conquer Troy I might be said , When Troy was liable to conquest made ...
... force my way , And bear in triumph home the heavenly prey ; Which had I not , Ajax in vain had held , Before that monftrous bulk , his fevenfold fhield . That night to conquer Troy I might be said , When Troy was liable to conquest made ...
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