The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose, Volume 1Harper, 1847 |
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Page viii
... fate , that does pursue . ' The term invading the ear , ' Dryden has used in Theod . and Honoria . ' With more distinguished notes invades his ear . ' + Dryden was habitually careless in some of the provinces of his versification , the ...
... fate , that does pursue . ' The term invading the ear , ' Dryden has used in Theod . and Honoria . ' With more distinguished notes invades his ear . ' + Dryden was habitually careless in some of the provinces of his versification , the ...
Page xvi
... fate of this play , Ah ! how severe your malice was that day , To damn at once the poet and the play . Scott considers that the causes of this failure are not readily to be assigned , and that it is needless to investigate the dislike ...
... fate of this play , Ah ! how severe your malice was that day , To damn at once the poet and the play . Scott considers that the causes of this failure are not readily to be assigned , and that it is needless to investigate the dislike ...
Page xxxv
... fate terminating , as it were , in that awful uncertainty , which is one of the regions in which poetry loves to dwell . The changes of fortune during his life , and the mysterious disappearance after the overthrow of his ambition , was ...
... fate terminating , as it were , in that awful uncertainty , which is one of the regions in which poetry loves to dwell . The changes of fortune during his life , and the mysterious disappearance after the overthrow of his ambition , was ...
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... fate of Dunkirk heard ; [ stand , And trembling , wish'd behind more Alps to Although an Alexander were her guard . † By his command we boldly cross'd the line , And bravely fought where southern stars arise ; We trac'd the far - fetch ...
... fate of Dunkirk heard ; [ stand , And trembling , wish'd behind more Alps to Although an Alexander were her guard . † By his command we boldly cross'd the line , And bravely fought where southern stars arise ; We trac'd the far - fetch ...
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... fate . The rabble now such freedom did enjoy , As winds at sea , that use it to destroy : Blind as the Cyclop , and as wild as he , They own'd a lawless savage liberty . Like that our painted ancestors so priz'd , Ere empire's arts ...
... fate . The rabble now such freedom did enjoy , As winds at sea , that use it to destroy : Blind as the Cyclop , and as wild as he , They own'd a lawless savage liberty . Like that our painted ancestors so priz'd , Ere empire's arts ...
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