The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose, Volume 1Harper, 1847 |
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... stand as a perpe- tual model of encomiastic criticism ; exact without minuteness , and lofty without exagge- ration . The praise lavished by Longinus , on the attestation of the heroes of Marathon , by Demosthenes , fades away before it ...
... stand as a perpe- tual model of encomiastic criticism ; exact without minuteness , and lofty without exagge- ration . The praise lavished by Longinus , on the attestation of the heroes of Marathon , by Demosthenes , fades away before it ...
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... stand , And all your goods lie dead upon your hand . The dialogue of the spirits is ridiculed in the Re- hearsal . On a couplet in this play , For as old Selim was not moved by thee , Neither will I by Selim's daughter be . the Duke of ...
... stand , And all your goods lie dead upon your hand . The dialogue of the spirits is ridiculed in the Re- hearsal . On a couplet in this play , For as old Selim was not moved by thee , Neither will I by Selim's daughter be . the Duke of ...
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... stand merely as signs or symbols of the opposing parties , and lose as it were the force of their original signi- fication . The mind , by its own instinctive love of what is probable and true , rectifies the absur- dities of the ...
... stand merely as signs or symbols of the opposing parties , and lose as it were the force of their original signi- fication . The mind , by its own instinctive love of what is probable and true , rectifies the absur- dities of the ...
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... stand , Still thriv'd ; no winter could his laurels fade : Heaven in his portrait show'd a workman's And drew it perfect , yet without a shade . [ hand , Peace was the prize of all his toil and care , Which war had banish'd , and did ...
... stand , Still thriv'd ; no winter could his laurels fade : Heaven in his portrait show'd a workman's And drew it perfect , yet without a shade . [ hand , Peace was the prize of all his toil and care , Which war had banish'd , and did ...
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... stand , And trembling , wish'd behind more Alps to Although an Alexander were her guard . † By his command we boldly ... stands , to show How strangely high endeavours may be blest , Where piety and valour jointly go . * He made us ...
... stand , And trembling , wish'd behind more Alps to Although an Alexander were her guard . † By his command we boldly ... stands , to show How strangely high endeavours may be blest , Where piety and valour jointly go . * He made us ...
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