The Works of John Dryden: Poetical worksPaterson, 1884 |
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... eyes , spread out by the wind , and bear- ing , in great golden characters , the word Emanuel . - Letters from the North of Scotland , vol . i . p . 274. [ Scott , who perhaps was as well entitled to take up the cudgels for Scotland as ...
... eyes , spread out by the wind , and bear- ing , in great golden characters , the word Emanuel . - Letters from the North of Scotland , vol . i . p . 274. [ Scott , who perhaps was as well entitled to take up the cudgels for Scotland as ...
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... eyes Made the same dreadful lightning rise , Made him again affright the neighbouring floods , His mighty thunder sound through all the woods . * The Pope being called Alexander the Sixth [ Seventh ] , Dryden did not disdain to turn the ...
... eyes Made the same dreadful lightning rise , Made him again affright the neighbouring floods , His mighty thunder sound through all the woods . * The Pope being called Alexander the Sixth [ Seventh ] , Dryden did not disdain to turn the ...
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... eye , While not one sound of voice from you I spy . But , as Dr. Johnson justly remarks , we hesitate not to say , the world is invaded by darkness , which is a privation of light ; and why not by silence , which is a privation of sound ...
... eye , While not one sound of voice from you I spy . But , as Dr. Johnson justly remarks , we hesitate not to say , the world is invaded by darkness , which is a privation of light ; and why not by silence , which is a privation of sound ...
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... eyes Within the water , moved along the skies . How easy ' tis , when destiny proves kind , With full - spread sails to run before the wind ! 45 50 55 60 But those , that ' gainst stiff gales laveering * go , 65 Must be at once resolved ...
... eyes Within the water , moved along the skies . How easy ' tis , when destiny proves kind , With full - spread sails to run before the wind ! 45 50 55 60 But those , that ' gainst stiff gales laveering * go , 65 Must be at once resolved ...
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... eyes . " Twas Monk , whom Providence designed to loose Those real bonds false freedom did impose . The blessed saints , that watched this turning scene , 150 Did from their stars with joyful wonder lean , To see small clues draw vastest ...
... eyes . " Twas Monk , whom Providence designed to loose Those real bonds false freedom did impose . The blessed saints , that watched this turning scene , 150 Did from their stars with joyful wonder lean , To see small clues draw vastest ...
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Absalom and Achitophel admiral alludes appears arms arts blood brave brother called Catholic cause character Charles command conspiracy court Cromwell crowd crown David's death declared Dryden Duchess Duke of Guise Duke of Monmouth Duke of York Dutch Earl edition enemies England English Exclusion Bill eyes faction fame fate father favour fear fight fire Fire of London flames fleet foes friends grace heaven Henry Herringman Holland honour House James Jebusites justice King King's land London Lord loyal Majesty Medal monarch murder muse never Oates occasion once Ormond Papists Parliament party peace person plot poem poet Popish Popish Plot praise Prince Prince of Orange Prince Rupert Protestant reign religion restored royal ruin sacred satire says seems Shaftesbury Sheriffs ships Sir John soul squadron stanza thou thought throne tion Tory treason verse Whig William Waller wind zeal
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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.