The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose, Volume 1Harper, 1847 |
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... fall , and it has been my custom any time these sixteen years , as all the parish can testify , to ride in Gambadoes . Nay , to win the heart of him for ever , I invite him here before the courteous reader , ( provided he will before ...
... fall , and it has been my custom any time these sixteen years , as all the parish can testify , to ride in Gambadoes . Nay , to win the heart of him for ever , I invite him here before the courteous reader , ( provided he will before ...
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... falling stars appear Scatter'd in others , all , as in their sphere , Were fix'd , conglobate in his soul ; t and ... fall , The whole frame render'd was celestial . Come learned Ptolemy , and trial make , If thou this hero's altitude ...
... falling stars appear Scatter'd in others , all , as in their sphere , Were fix'd , conglobate in his soul ; t and ... fall , The whole frame render'd was celestial . Come learned Ptolemy , and trial make , If thou this hero's altitude ...
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... fall in richer dew . Not that our wishes do increase your store , Full of your self you can admit no more ; We add not to your glory , but employ Our time , like angels , in expressing joy . Nor is it duty , or our hopes alone , Create ...
... fall in richer dew . Not that our wishes do increase your store , Full of your self you can admit no more ; We add not to your glory , but employ Our time , like angels , in expressing joy . Nor is it duty , or our hopes alone , Create ...
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... fall . You have already wearied fortune so , She cannot farther be your friend or foe ; But sits all breathless , and admires to feel A fate so weighty , that it stops our wheel . In all things else above our humble fate , Your equal ...
... fall . You have already wearied fortune so , She cannot farther be your friend or foe ; But sits all breathless , and admires to feel A fate so weighty , that it stops our wheel . In all things else above our humble fate , Your equal ...
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... fall , Yet still the same religion answers all . Religion wheedled us to civil war , Drew English blood , and Dutchmen's would spare . now Be gull'd no longer ; for you ' ll find it true , They have no more religion , faith ! than you ...
... fall , Yet still the same religion answers all . Religion wheedled us to civil war , Drew English blood , and Dutchmen's would spare . now Be gull'd no longer ; for you ' ll find it true , They have no more religion , faith ! than you ...
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