The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3W. Pickering, 1832 |
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... cast not back a pitying eye ; But left her lover in despair , To sigh , to languish , and to die : Ah , how can those fair eyes endure To give the wounds they will not cure ! Great god of love , why hast thou made A face that can all ...
... cast not back a pitying eye ; But left her lover in despair , To sigh , to languish , and to die : Ah , how can those fair eyes endure To give the wounds they will not cure ! Great god of love , why hast thou made A face that can all ...
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... cast upon the taste of the town in these three lines , ' ' Twere folly now a stately pile to raise , To build a playhouse while you throw down plays , While scenes , machines , and empty operas reign : ' is certainly levelled at the ...
... cast upon the taste of the town in these three lines , ' ' Twere folly now a stately pile to raise , To build a playhouse while you throw down plays , While scenes , machines , and empty operas reign : ' is certainly levelled at the ...
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... . Hart , the speaker of this prologue , who had served his majesty as a captain in the civil war , and was now an actor in a capital cast , and in great estimation . : D. 10 15 What rests , and what is conquer'd , OF DRYDEN . 57.
... . Hart , the speaker of this prologue , who had served his majesty as a captain in the civil war , and was now an actor in a capital cast , and in great estimation . : D. 10 15 What rests , and what is conquer'd , OF DRYDEN . 57.
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... cast , The first of this , and hindmost of the last . A losing gamester , let him sneak away ; He bears no ready money from the play . The fate , which governs poets , thought it fit He should not raise his fortunes by his wit . 25 The ...
... cast , The first of this , and hindmost of the last . A losing gamester , let him sneak away ; He bears no ready money from the play . The fate , which governs poets , thought it fit He should not raise his fortunes by his wit . 25 The ...
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... casts all the hair before , Till he with full decorum brings it back , And rises with a water - spaniel shake . As for his songs , the ladies ' dear delight , These sure he took from most of you who write . Yet every man is safe from ...
... casts all the hair before , Till he with full decorum brings it back , And rises with a water - spaniel shake . As for his songs , the ladies ' dear delight , These sure he took from most of you who write . Yet every man is safe from ...
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