The Works of John Dryden: Poetical worksW. Paterson, 1884 |
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... called sovereign in England ? To oppress all his enemies by arms , and all his friends after- wards by artifice ? To serve all parties patiently for a while , and to command them victoriously at last ? To overrun each corner of the ...
... called sovereign in England ? To oppress all his enemies by arms , and all his friends after- wards by artifice ? To serve all parties patiently for a while , and to command them victoriously at last ? To overrun each corner of the ...
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... called " The Laureat - Nay , had our Charles , by Heaven's severe decree , Been found , and murdered in the royal tree , Even thou hadst praised the fact . His father slain , Thou call'dst but gently breathing of a vein . Impious and ...
... called " The Laureat - Nay , had our Charles , by Heaven's severe decree , Been found , and murdered in the royal tree , Even thou hadst praised the fact . His father slain , Thou call'dst but gently breathing of a vein . Impious and ...
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... called him my sovereign , And praised his opening of the kingly vein . * Dialogue in Bedlam between Oliver's Porter , Fidler , and Poet . These are examples of the inveteracy , with which Dryden's enemies were ready to wrest his ...
... called him my sovereign , And praised his opening of the kingly vein . * Dialogue in Bedlam between Oliver's Porter , Fidler , and Poet . These are examples of the inveteracy , with which Dryden's enemies were ready to wrest his ...
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... . " Scotland is here called treacherous , because , having been the first to take up arms against King Charles I. , she was the VOL . IX . B XVIII . Nor was he like those stars which only STANZAS ON OLIVER CROMWELL . 17.
... . " Scotland is here called treacherous , because , having been the first to take up arms against King Charles I. , she was the VOL . IX . B XVIII . Nor was he like those stars which only STANZAS ON OLIVER CROMWELL . 17.
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... called Alexander the Sixth [ Seventh ] , Dryden did not disdain to turn the stanza upon an allusion to the Macedonian hero ; although it is obvious , that the pontiff was not a more effectual guardian to his city by bearing that warlike ...
... called Alexander the Sixth [ Seventh ] , Dryden did not disdain to turn the stanza upon an allusion to the Macedonian hero ; although it is obvious , that the pontiff was not a more effectual guardian to his city by bearing that warlike ...
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Absalom and Achitophel admiral alludes appears arms arts blood brave brother called Catholic cause character Charles Charles II 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 eyes faction fame famous fate father favour fear fight fire Fire of London flames fleet foes friends grace hand 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 ships Sir John soul squadron stanza thou thought throne tion Tory treason verse Whig William Waller wind zeal
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Página 76 - Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat 51 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 the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock : and it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: and I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts : but my face shall not be seen.
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 — alas!
Página 47 - And he said, Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me, and live.
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 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.
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 240 - Got, while his soul did huddled notions try, And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy. In friendship false, implacable in hate, Resolved to ruin or to rule the state...