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... earth , and ' pawing to get free . ' The metaphysical productions ( to use the common phrase ) of Cowley and Donne , their wild unlicensed flights and strange inharmoni- ous lines , once so admired as to eclipse even Milton's fame , now ...
... earth , and ' pawing to get free . ' The metaphysical productions ( to use the common phrase ) of Cowley and Donne , their wild unlicensed flights and strange inharmoni- ous lines , once so admired as to eclipse even Milton's fame , now ...
Page viii
... earth glitters over ' - His sense so little fired , that by one line You may the other easily divine ; -And which is worse , if any worse can be , He never said one word of it to me . ' There's luscious poetry , you'd swear ' t was ...
... earth glitters over ' - His sense so little fired , that by one line You may the other easily divine ; -And which is worse , if any worse can be , He never said one word of it to me . ' There's luscious poetry , you'd swear ' t was ...
Page viii
... earth were laid . In Dryden , such is the difference in the struc- ture of his dramas , the characters are , from the outset , surrounded with elaborate contrivances of perplexity . Affections are dissembled , per- verted , or misplaced ...
... earth were laid . In Dryden , such is the difference in the struc- ture of his dramas , the characters are , from the outset , surrounded with elaborate contrivances of perplexity . Affections are dissembled , per- verted , or misplaced ...
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... earth ; All Europe was too narrow for his birth . A young apostle ; and , with reverence may I speak ' t , inspir'd with gift of tongues , as they . Nature gave him , a child , what men in vain Oft strive , by art though further'd , to ...
... earth ; All Europe was too narrow for his birth . A young apostle ; and , with reverence may I speak ' t , inspir'd with gift of tongues , as they . Nature gave him , a child , what men in vain Oft strive , by art though further'd , to ...
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... earth could give . His latest victories still thickest came , As near the centre motion doth increase ; Till he , press'd down by his own weighty name , Did , like the vestal , under spoils decease . But first the ocean as a tribute ...
... earth could give . His latest victories still thickest came , As near the centre motion doth increase ; Till he , press'd down by his own weighty name , Did , like the vestal , under spoils decease . But first the ocean as a tribute ...
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Absalom and Achitophel Æneid Arcite arms Aurengzebe bear beauty behold betwixt blood breast call'd Chaucer Cinyras coursers court crime crowd death design'd Dryden Duke Duke of York e'en earth eyes face fair fame fate father fear fight fire flames foes fool forc'd give gods grace hand happy hast head heart heaven honour Jebusites John Dryden join'd Jove kind king lady laws light live lord lov'd Lucretius maid mighty mind muse nature never night noble numbers nymph o'er once Orig Ovid pain Palamon Persius Pirithous plain play pleas'd poem poet poetry praise Priam prince queen rage rais'd reign rest rhyme royal sacred satire SATIRE OF JUVENAL seas seem'd sense sight sire soul stood tears thee Theseus things thou thought translation turn'd verse Virgil virtue wife wind words write youth