The Works of John Dryden: Poetical worksPaterson, 1884 |
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... parliament ? To trample upon them , too , as he pleased , and spurn them out of doors when he grew weary of them ... parliaments with a word of his pen , and scatter them again with the breath of his mouth ? To be humbly and daily ...
... parliament ? To trample upon them , too , as he pleased , and spurn them out of doors when he grew weary of them ... parliaments with a word of his pen , and scatter them again with the breath of his mouth ? To be humbly and daily ...
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... Parliament , were all of the Presbyterian party , who , though they had drawn the sword against the King , had no will to throw away the scabbard . They were disposed so to carry on the war , that , neither party being too much weakened ...
... Parliament , were all of the Presbyterian party , who , though they had drawn the sword against the King , had no will to throw away the scabbard . They were disposed so to carry on the war , that , neither party being too much weakened ...
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... King , then for the Parliament , and , finally , for Crom- well- I for the Royal Martyr first declared , But , ere his head was off , I was prepared XIII . Swift and resistless through the land he past 14 STANZAS ON OLIVER CROMWELL .
... King , then for the Parliament , and , finally , for Crom- well- I for the Royal Martyr first declared , But , ere his head was off , I was prepared XIII . Swift and resistless through the land he past 14 STANZAS ON OLIVER CROMWELL .
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... Parliament , entirely changed the scene . In less than ten months , that fated general overran the whole kingdom . Tredagh he took by storm ; and such terror was struck into the minds of the Irish , by the bloody execution attending and ...
... Parliament , entirely changed the scene . In less than ten months , that fated general overran the whole kingdom . Tredagh he took by storm ; and such terror was struck into the minds of the Irish , by the bloody execution attending and ...
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... Parliament against the Prelatists : for , the war , which in England related chiefly to dissensions concerning the civil government , was in Scotland entirely to be referred to religious controversy . Cromwell certainly did much to ...
... Parliament against the Prelatists : for , the war , which in England related chiefly to dissensions concerning the civil government , was in Scotland entirely to be referred to religious controversy . Cromwell certainly did much to ...
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Página 76 - But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon ; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side ; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
Página 47 - And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty...
Página 259 - Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Página 47 - And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
Página 239 - A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?
Página 263 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, '°° Great Villiers lies...
Página 286 - Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!
Página 306 - Jotham of piercing wit and pregnant thought, Endued by nature and by learning taught To move assemblies, who but only tried The worse a while, then chose the better side, Nor chose alone, but turned the balance too, So much the weight of one brave man can do.
Página 148 - With roomy decks, her guns of mighty strength, Whose low-laid mouths each mounting billow laves : Deep in her draught, and warlike in her length, She seems a sea-wasp flying on the waves.
Página 84 - Holland fleet, who, tir'il and done, Stretch'd on their decks, like weary oxen lie : Faint sweats all down their mighty members run, (Vast bulks, which little souls but ill supply.) In dreams they fearful precipices tread, • Or, shipwreck'd, labour to some distant shore ; Or in dark churches walk among the dead ; They wake with horror, and dare sleep no more.