The Works of John Dryden: Poetical worksW. Paterson, 1884 |
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... force which Sforza was unable to resist , and compelled him to fly into Germany with his treasures . In 1600 Sforza again returned to Italy at the head of an army of Swiss mercenaries , and repossessed himself of Milan , Como , and ...
... force which Sforza was unable to resist , and compelled him to fly into Germany with his treasures . In 1600 Sforza again returned to Italy at the head of an army of Swiss mercenaries , and repossessed himself of Milan , Como , and ...
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... force , but not more pains employs . Such is the mighty swiftness of your mind , That , like the earth , it leaves our sense behind , 110 While you so smoothly turn and roll our sphere , That rapid motion does but rest appear . For , as ...
... force , but not more pains employs . Such is the mighty swiftness of your mind , That , like the earth , it leaves our sense behind , 110 While you so smoothly turn and roll our sphere , That rapid motion does but rest appear . For , as ...
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... force of his imagination . Though he describes his Dido well and naturally , in the violence of her passions , yet he must yield in that to the Myrrha , the Byblis , the Althæa , of Ovid ; for , as great an admirer of him as I am , I ...
... force of his imagination . Though he describes his Dido well and naturally , in the violence of her passions , yet he must yield in that to the Myrrha , the Byblis , the Althæa , of Ovid ; for , as great an admirer of him as I am , I ...
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... force he overran the province of Overyssell , where his soldiers distinguished themselves less by military valour than by an exorbitant licence , rapine , and cruelty , which did little honour to their reverend general . But his ...
... force he overran the province of Overyssell , where his soldiers distinguished themselves less by military valour than by an exorbitant licence , rapine , and cruelty , which did little honour to their reverend general . But his ...
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... Force gives them courage ; let us , if we need it , borrow resolution from the thoughts of what we have formerly performed . Let the enemy feel , that , though our fleet be divided , our spirit is entire . At the worst , it will be more ...
... Force gives them courage ; let us , if we need it , borrow resolution from the thoughts of what we have formerly performed . Let the enemy feel , that , though our fleet be divided , our spirit is entire . At the worst , it will be more ...
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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...