The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose, Volume 1Harper, 1847 |
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Page xxv
... foes . He was now in the full ma- turity of his powers : the assiduous study of our great original poets , and of the laws and pro- vince of poetry , as he surveyed them in their * If Southerne's biographer can be trusted , Dry- den ...
... foes . He was now in the full ma- turity of his powers : the assiduous study of our great original poets , and of the laws and pro- vince of poetry , as he surveyed them in their * If Southerne's biographer can be trusted , Dry- den ...
Page xxxii
... foes saluted as they past . He also remarks the judicious choice of topics , his appropriate praise , and his skilful manage ment of the subject , in never having touched on the delicate theme of the queen . Dryden probably did not take ...
... foes saluted as they past . He also remarks the judicious choice of topics , his appropriate praise , and his skilful manage ment of the subject , in never having touched on the delicate theme of the queen . Dryden probably did not take ...
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... foes into his family and bosom , merely in order that the play may be concluded.t Literary exertion was now doubly necessary to secure to Dryden the means of livelihood : and from this time to the close of his life , he will be found ...
... foes into his family and bosom , merely in order that the play may be concluded.t Literary exertion was now doubly necessary to secure to Dryden the means of livelihood : and from this time to the close of his life , he will be found ...
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... foes assail . With alga who the sacred altar strews ? To all the sea - gods Charles an offering owes : A bull to thee , Portumnus , shall be slain , A lamb to you , ye tempests of the main : For those loud storms that did against him ...
... foes assail . With alga who the sacred altar strews ? To all the sea - gods Charles an offering owes : A bull to thee , Portumnus , shall be slain , A lamb to you , ye tempests of the main : For those loud storms that did against him ...
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... foes abroad were overcome , The noblest conquest you had gain'd at home . Ah , what concerns did both your souls divide ! Your honour gave us what love denied : your And ' t was for him much easier to subdue Those foes he fought with ...
... foes abroad were overcome , The noblest conquest you had gain'd at home . Ah , what concerns did both your souls divide ! Your honour gave us what love denied : your And ' t was for him much easier to subdue Those foes he fought with ...
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