The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales, and Translations ...J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
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... increase of feet t'o'ertake them in their flight : Of eafy fhape , and pliant every way ; Confeffing still the softness of his clay , And kind as kings upon their coronation day With open hands , and with extended space Of arms , to ...
... increase of feet t'o'ertake them in their flight : Of eafy fhape , and pliant every way ; Confeffing still the softness of his clay , And kind as kings upon their coronation day With open hands , and with extended space Of arms , to ...
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... Increase and multiply . } Religion fhews a rofy - colour'd face ; Not batter'd out with drudging works of grace : } A down - hill reformation rolls apace . What flesh and blood would crowd the narrow gate , Or , ' till they waste their ...
... Increase and multiply . } Religion fhews a rofy - colour'd face ; Not batter'd out with drudging works of grace : } A down - hill reformation rolls apace . What flesh and blood would crowd the narrow gate , Or , ' till they waste their ...
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... increases with the store . Without refpect they brush'd along the wood Each in his clan , and fill'd with loathfome food , Afk'd no permiffion to the neighb'ring flood . The Panther , full of inward difcontent , Since they would go ...
... increases with the store . Without refpect they brush'd along the wood Each in his clan , and fill'd with loathfome food , Afk'd no permiffion to the neighb'ring flood . The Panther , full of inward difcontent , Since they would go ...
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... increase ; For only diftance now preferves the peace .. All in their turns accufers , and accus'd : Babel was never half fo much confus'd : What one can plead , the reft can plead as well ; For amongst equals lies no laft appeal , And ...
... increase ; For only diftance now preferves the peace .. All in their turns accufers , and accus'd : Babel was never half fo much confus'd : What one can plead , the reft can plead as well ; For amongst equals lies no laft appeal , And ...
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... increase . By education most have been misled ; So they believe , because they fo were bred . The priest continues what the nurse began , And thus the child impofes on the man . The rest I nam❜d before , nor need repeat : But intereft ...
... increase . By education most have been misled ; So they believe , because they fo were bred . The priest continues what the nurse began , And thus the child impofes on the man . The rest I nam❜d before , nor need repeat : But intereft ...
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againſt Amyntas beaft Becauſe Befides beft beſt bleffing blood call'd cauſe CHLORI church cloſe confcience DAPHNI defign'd defire e'en eaſe Engliſh ev'ry eyes facred fafely faid fair fame fate fatire fear feems fenfe fent fhades fhall fhould fight fince firft firſt fleep foes fome fons fools foon foul ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fure grace heaven herſelf himſelf Hind houſe increaſe JOHN DRYDEN joys juft kiffing kind king laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs live loft Lucretius mind moft Momus moſt mufe muft muſt never numbers nymph o'er Ovid pain Panther Pindaric play pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poets praiſe prince PROLOGUE race raiſe reaſon reft reſt rife ſhall ſhe ſky ſtage ſtate ſtay ſtill thee thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thro tranflated true twas uſe verfe verſe Virgil Whig Whofe wife
Pasajes populares
Página 206 - ... thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly, and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell?
Página 221 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
Página 216 - On his imperial throne: His valiant peers were plac'd around; Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound : (So should desert in arms be crown'd.) The lovely Thais, by his side, Sate like a blooming Eastern bride In flow'r of youth and beauty's pride.
Página 364 - Happy the man - and happy he alone He who can call today his own, He who, secure within, can say 'Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have...
Página 217 - With flying fingers touched the lyre : The trembling notes ascend the sky, And heavenly joys inspire. The song began from Jove, Who left his blissful seats above, (Such is the power of mighty love.) A dragon's fiery form belied the god : Sublime on radiant spires he rode, When he to fair Olympia...
Página 219 - War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour but an empty bubble ; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying ; If the world be worth thy winning, Think, O think it worth enjoying! Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee.
Página 135 - WELL then, the promised hour is come at last, The present age of wit obscures the past...
Página 103 - Even I, a dunce of more renown than they, Was sent before but to prepare thy way; And, coarsely clad in Norwich drugget, came To teach the nations in thy greater name.
Página 137 - That your least praise is to be regular. Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But genius must be born, and never can be taught. This is your portion, this your native store : Heaven, that but once was prodigal before. To Shakespeare gave as much; she could not give him more.
Página 205 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead. Then cold and hot and moist and dry In order to their stations leap, And Music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of...