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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... means to compass her intent . To cheat his eyes fhe took a diff'rent shape ; Yet ftill fhe gain'd a lover , and a leap . Shou'd all the wit of all the world confpire , Should Dædalus affift my wild defire , What art can make me able to ...
... means to compass her intent . To cheat his eyes fhe took a diff'rent shape ; Yet ftill fhe gain'd a lover , and a leap . Shou'd all the wit of all the world confpire , Should Dædalus affift my wild defire , What art can make me able to ...
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... mean ; So wou'd believe fhe kifs'd , and courting more , Again embrac'd her naked body o'er ; And training hard the ftatue , was afraid His hands had made a dint , and hurt the maid : Explor'd her , limb by limb , and fear'd to find So ...
... mean ; So wou'd believe fhe kifs'd , and courting more , Again embrac'd her naked body o'er ; And training hard the ftatue , was afraid His hands had made a dint , and hurt the maid : Explor'd her , limb by limb , and fear'd to find So ...
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... Mean time the mifbegotten infant grows , And , ripe for birth , diftends with deadly throes The swelling rind , with unavailing ftrife , To leave the wooden womb , and pushes into life . The mother - tree , as if opprefs'd with pain ...
... Mean time the mifbegotten infant grows , And , ripe for birth , diftends with deadly throes The swelling rind , with unavailing ftrife , To leave the wooden womb , and pushes into life . The mother - tree , as if opprefs'd with pain ...
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... Mean time in fheets of rain the sky defcends , And ocean fwell'd with waters upwards tends , One rifing , falling one ; the heav'ns and fea Meet at their confines , in the middle way : The fails are drunk with fhow'rs , and drop with ...
... Mean time in fheets of rain the sky defcends , And ocean fwell'd with waters upwards tends , One rifing , falling one ; the heav'ns and fea Meet at their confines , in the middle way : The fails are drunk with fhow'rs , and drop with ...
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... Mean time Alcyone ( his fate unknown ) Computes how many nights he had been gone , Obferves the waning moon with hourly view , Numbers her age , and wishes for a new ; Against the promis'd time provides with care , And haftens in the ...
... Mean time Alcyone ( his fate unknown ) Computes how many nights he had been gone , Obferves the waning moon with hourly view , Numbers her age , and wishes for a new ; Against the promis'd time provides with care , And haftens in the ...
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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
Page 224 - My long dependence in an hour is lost. Look round the world, what country will appear, Where friends are left with greater ease than here? At Rome (nor think me partial to the poor) All offices of ours are out of door : In vain we rise, and to...