The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales, and Translations ...J. and R. Tonson, 1767 - English poetry |
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... fires , They felt , before they knew , the fame defires . Equal their flame , unequal was their care ; One lov'd with ... fire ; A maid with madness does a maid defire . And , fcarce refraining tears , Alas , faid fhe , What iffue of my ...
... fires , They felt , before they knew , the fame defires . Equal their flame , unequal was their care ; One lov'd with ... fire ; A maid with madness does a maid defire . And , fcarce refraining tears , Alas , faid fhe , What iffue of my ...
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... fire ; Nor mares , when hot , their fellow - mares defire : The father of the fold fupplies his ewes ; The ftag through fecret woods his hind pursues ; And birds for mates the males of their own fpecies choose . Her females nature ...
... fire ; Nor mares , when hot , their fellow - mares defire : The father of the fold fupplies his ewes ; The ftag through fecret woods his hind pursues ; And birds for mates the males of their own fpecies choose . Her females nature ...
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... fire . The youth , returning to his mistress , hies , And impudent in hope , with ardent eyes , And beating breaft , by the dear ftatue lies . He kiffes her white lips , renews the blifs , And looks and thinks they redden at the kifs ...
... fire . The youth , returning to his mistress , hies , And impudent in hope , with ardent eyes , And beating breaft , by the dear ftatue lies . He kiffes her white lips , renews the blifs , And looks and thinks they redden at the kifs ...
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... fire had been A happy prince , had he not been a fire . Daughters and fathers from my fong retire : I fing of horror ; and , could I prevail , You shou'd not hear , or not believe my tale . Yet if the pleasure of my fong be fuch , That ...
... fire had been A happy prince , had he not been a fire . Daughters and fathers from my fong retire : I fing of horror ; and , could I prevail , You shou'd not hear , or not believe my tale . Yet if the pleasure of my fong be fuch , That ...
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... fire , had merited a curfe : But fuch an impious love deferv'd a worse . The neighb'ring monarchs , by thy beauty led ,. Contend in crowds , ambitious of thy bed : The world is at thy choice , except but one , Except but him , thou ...
... fire , had merited a curfe : But fuch an impious love deferv'd a worse . The neighb'ring monarchs , by thy beauty led ,. Contend in crowds , ambitious of thy bed : The world is at thy choice , except but one , Except but him , thou ...
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Page 185 - Neither is it true, that this fineness of raillery is offensive. A witty man is tickled while he is hurt in this manner, and a fool feels it not.
Page 204 - ... him those manners which are familiar to us. But I defend not this innovation; it is enough if I can excuse it. For (to speak sincerely) the manners of nations and ages are not to be confounded; we should either make them English or leave them Roman.
Page 173 - It is an action of virtue to make examples of vicious men. They may and ought to be upbraided with their crimes and follies, both for their own amendment (if they are not yet incorrigible), and for the terror of others, to hinder them from falling into those enormities, which they see are so severely punished in the persons of others.
Page 193 - Horace so very close that of necessity he must fall with him; and I may safely say it of this present age, that if we are not so great wits as Donne, yet certainly we are better poets.
Page 81 - By how much more the ship her safety owes To him who steers, than him that only rows; By how much more the captain merits praise, Than he who fights, and fighting but obeys; By so much greater is my worth than thine, Who canst but execute what I design.
Page 126 - ... words may then be laudably revived, when either they are more sounding or more significant than those in practice ; and when their obscurity is taken away, by joining other words to them which clear the sense, according to the rule of Horace, for the admission of new words.
Page 56 - Now, monster, now, by proof it shall appear, Whether thy horns are sharper, or my spear. At this, I threw : for want of other ward, He lifted up his hand, his front to guard. His hand it pass'd; and fix'd it to his brow: Loud shouts of ours attend the lucky blow.
Page 185 - The character of Zimri in my Absalom is, in my opinion, worth the whole poem: it is not bloody, but it is ridiculous enough; and he, for whom it was intended, was too witty to resent it as an injury.
Page 96 - And in the water views perhaps the knife Uplifted, to deprive him of his life; Then broken up alive, his entrails sees Torn out, for priests t' inspect the Gods
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