The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3Little, Brown, & Company; Shepard, Clark & Brown, 1859 |
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... His Grace the Duke of Ormond . Preface prefixed to the Fables To Her Grace the Duchess of Ormond · Palamon and Arcite : or , The Knight's Tale , Book I .. The Cock and the Fox . SONGS , ODES , AND A MASQUE . THE FAIR CONTENTS . V.
... His Grace the Duke of Ormond . Preface prefixed to the Fables To Her Grace the Duchess of Ormond · Palamon and Arcite : or , The Knight's Tale , Book I .. The Cock and the Fox . SONGS , ODES , AND A MASQUE . THE FAIR CONTENTS . V.
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... Palamon and Arcite was written in all probability by some Italian wit in a former age , as I shall prove hereafter : the tale of Grizild was the invention of Petrarch ; by him sent to Boccace ; from whom it came to Chaucer : Troilus and ...
... Palamon and Arcite was written in all probability by some Italian wit in a former age , as I shall prove hereafter : the tale of Grizild was the invention of Petrarch ; by him sent to Boccace ; from whom it came to Chaucer : Troilus and ...
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... Palamon and Arcite , which is of the Epic kind , and perhaps not much inferior to the Ilias or the Æneis : the story is more pleasing than either of them , the manners as perfect , the diction as poetical , the learning as deep and vari ...
... Palamon and Arcite , which is of the Epic kind , and perhaps not much inferior to the Ilias or the Æneis : the story is more pleasing than either of them , the manners as perfect , the diction as poetical , the learning as deep and vari ...
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... PALAMON AND ARCITE . MADAM , THE bard who first adorn'd our native tongue , Tun'd to his British lyre this ancient song : Which Homer might without a blush rehearse , And leaves a doubtful palm in Virgil's verse : He match'd their ...
... PALAMON AND ARCITE . MADAM , THE bard who first adorn'd our native tongue , Tun'd to his British lyre this ancient song : Which Homer might without a blush rehearse , And leaves a doubtful palm in Virgil's verse : He match'd their ...
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... Palamon had been the knight ; And conquering Theseus from his side had sent Your generous lord , to guide the Theban govern- ment . 30 35 40 Time shall accomplish that ; and I shall see A Palamon in him , in you an Emily . Already have ...
... Palamon had been the knight ; And conquering Theseus from his side had sent Your generous lord , to guide the Theban govern- ment . 30 35 40 Time shall accomplish that ; and I shall see A Palamon in him , in you an Emily . Already have ...
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