The Poetical Works of John Dryden: With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1855 - Authors, English |
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Page xiv
... force of the laughter it pro- duces , drives out the sting - determined to answer it by silence , and to bide his time . " Zimri , " in Absalom and Achitophel , shows how deep had been his secret oath of vengeance , and how carefully ...
... force of the laughter it pro- duces , drives out the sting - determined to answer it by silence , and to bide his time . " Zimri , " in Absalom and Achitophel , shows how deep had been his secret oath of vengeance , and how carefully ...
Page xxiv
... " perversion " to Popery ; although we yield to none in admiration of the varied , highly - cultured , masculine , and magnificent forces of his genius . CONTENTS . On the Death of Lord Hastings Heroic Stanzas xxiv THE LIFE OF JOHN DRYDEN .
... " perversion " to Popery ; although we yield to none in admiration of the varied , highly - cultured , masculine , and magnificent forces of his genius . CONTENTS . On the Death of Lord Hastings Heroic Stanzas xxiv THE LIFE OF JOHN DRYDEN .
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... force its way ; And showers of tears , tempestuous sighs best lay . The tongue may fail ; but overflowing eyes Will weep out lasting streams of elegies . But thou , O virgin - widow , left alone , Now thy beloved , heaven - ravish'd ...
... force its way ; And showers of tears , tempestuous sighs best lay . The tongue may fail ; but overflowing eyes Will weep out lasting streams of elegies . But thou , O virgin - widow , left alone , Now thy beloved , heaven - ravish'd ...
Page 29
... force , but not more pains employs ; Such is the mighty swiftness of your mind , That , like the earth , it leaves our sense behind ; While you so smoothly turn and roll our sphere , That rapid motion does but rest appear . For , as in ...
... force , but not more pains employs ; Such is the mighty swiftness of your mind , That , like the earth , it leaves our sense behind ; While you so smoothly turn and roll our sphere , That rapid motion does but rest appear . For , as in ...
Page 38
... force of his imagination . Though he describes his Dido well and naturally , in the violence of her passions , yet he must yield in that to the Myrrha , the Biblis , the Althæa , of Ovid ; for as great an ad- mirer of him as I am , I ...
... force of his imagination . Though he describes his Dido well and naturally , in the violence of her passions , yet he must yield in that to the Myrrha , the Biblis , the Althæa , of Ovid ; for as great an ad- mirer of him as I am , I ...
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