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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ... - Page 213
by John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Part 2, Volume 16

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 512 pages
...pauimalentu the person you would marry is not only allowable but expedient. Royle. /'•/••'•,-•' too fierce to be in fetters bound, And nature flies him like enchanted ground. Dryden. I made Mclesinda, in opposition to Nourmahal, a woman passionately loving of her husband, patient...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3

John Dryden - 1832 - 342 pages
...now another taste of wit; And, to confess a truth, though out of time, Grows weary of his long-lov'd mistress, Rhyme. Passion's too fierce to be in fetters...bound, And nature flies him like enchanted ground : 10 What verse can do, he has perform 'd in this, Which he presumes the most correct of his ; But...
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The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Life of Dryden

Walter Scott - English literature - 1834 - 516 pages
...before he writ, But he has now another taste of wit ; And, to confess a truth, though out of time, Grows weary of his long-loved mistress, Rhyme. Passion's...him like enchanted ground. What verse can do, he has perform'd in this, Which he presumes the most correct of his ; But spite of all his pride, a secret...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 1

Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1834 - 486 pages
...be in fetters bound, And nature flies him like enchanted ground. What verse can do, he has perform'd in this, Which he presumes the most correct of his...all his pride, a secret shame Invades his breast at Shakspeare's sacred name: Awed when he hears his godlike Romans rage. He, in a just despair, would...
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The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose, with a Life, Volume 1

John Dryden - 1837 - 482 pages
...now another taste of wit ; And, to confess a truth, though out of time, Grows weary of his long-lov'd mistress, Rhyme. Passion's too fierce to be in fetters...like enchanted ground : What verse can do, he has performM in this, Which he presumes the most correct of his ; But spile of all his pride, a secret...
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The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose, with a Life, Volume 1

John Dryden - 1837 - 478 pages
...time, Grows weary of hi * long-lov'd misl ress, Rhyme. Pacion'* loo fierce to he in fetters hound, And nature flies him like enchanted ground: What verse can do, he has perform'd in this, Which he presumes the most correct of his ; But spite of all his pride, a secret...
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Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Volume 45

James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1852 - 814 pages
...to confess a truth, though out of time, Grows weary of his long-loved mistress — rhyme. Passions too fierce to be in fetters bound, And nature flies him, like enchanted ground. In spite of all his pride, a secret shame Invades his breast at Shakspeare's honoured name. D. I remember...
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Proceedings of the Literary & Philosophical Society of Liverpool, Issues 1-50

Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1896 - 496 pages
...confess a truth, though out of time. Grows weary of his long-loved Mistress, Rhyme. Passion's too tierce to be in fetters bound, And nature flies him like...this, Which he presumes the most correct of his ; But iqrite of all his pride, a secret shame Invades his breast at Shakspeare's sacred mime : Awed when...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3

John Dryden - English poetry - 1854 - 350 pages
...And, to confess a truth, though out of time, Grows weary of his long-lov'd mistress, Rhyme. Passion 's too fierce to be in fetters bound, And nature flies him like enchanted ground : 10 What verse can do, he has perform'd in this, Which he presumes the most correct of his ; But spite...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1

John Dryden - 1856 - 592 pages
...to confess a truth, though out of time, Gtpws weary of his Jong-loved mistress, Rhyme. Passion Vtoo fierce to be in fetters bound, And nature flies him...like enchanted ground : What verse can do, he has perform'd in this, Which he presumes the most correct of his ; But spite of all his pride, a secret...
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