The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volume 6A. Constable & Company, 1821 |
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... better deserved the panegyric here bestowed , than was usual among Dryden's patrons . He wrote a recommendatory copy of verses , which are prefixed to " The Conquest of Gra- nada . ” Mr Malone informs us , that this accomplished ...
... better deserved the panegyric here bestowed , than was usual among Dryden's patrons . He wrote a recommendatory copy of verses , which are prefixed to " The Conquest of Gra- nada . ” Mr Malone informs us , that this accomplished ...
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... better marts his staple ware ; His toys are good enough for Sturbridge fair . Tricks were the fashion ; if it now be spent , ' Tis time enough at Easter , to invent ; No man will make up a new suit for Lent . If now and then he takes a ...
... better marts his staple ware ; His toys are good enough for Sturbridge fair . Tricks were the fashion ; if it now be spent , ' Tis time enough at Easter , to invent ; No man will make up a new suit for Lent . If now and then he takes a ...
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... better , as she will tell you . Wood . She has a notable smack with her ! I be- lieve zeal first taught the art of kissing close . [ Saluting her . Saint . You are welcome , gentleman . Woodall is your name ? Wood . I call myself so ...
... better , as she will tell you . Wood . She has a notable smack with her ! I be- lieve zeal first taught the art of kissing close . [ Saluting her . Saint . You are welcome , gentleman . Woodall is your name ? Wood . I call myself so ...
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... better work . Wood . I warrant you , let me alone : I am chosen , I. Saint . They are a couple of alluring wanton minxes . Wood . Are they very alluring , say you ? very wan- ton ? Saint . You appear exalted , when I mention those pit ...
... better work . Wood . I warrant you , let me alone : I am chosen , I. Saint . They are a couple of alluring wanton minxes . Wood . Are they very alluring , say you ? very wan- ton ? Saint . You appear exalted , when I mention those pit ...
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... better . Wood . You shall find me an apt scholar . Saint . I must go abroad upon some business ; but remember your promise , to carry yourself soberly , and without scandal in my family ; and so I leave you to this gentleman , who is a ...
... better . Wood . You shall find me an apt scholar . Saint . I must go abroad upon some business ; but remember your promise , to carry yourself soberly , and without scandal in my family ; and so I leave you to this gentleman , who is a ...
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Página 223 - Keeps honour bright: To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way; For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast: keep then the path...
Página 223 - High birth, vigour of bone, desert in service, Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all To envious and calumniating time. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin...
Página 285 - Too subtle-potent, tun'd too sharp in sweetness, For the capacity of my ruder powers: I fear it much; and I do fear besides, That I shall lose distinction in my joys...
Página 188 - E'en wondered at because he dropt no sooner; Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years; Yet freshly ran he on ten winters more, Till, like a clock worn out with eating Time, The wheels of weary life at last stood still.
Página 223 - For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast; keep then the path; For emulation hath a thousand sons, That one by one pursue: If you...
Página 117 - Yet man, vain man, would with his short-lined plummet Fathom the vast abyss of heavenly justice. Whatever is, is in its causes just, Since all things are by fate. But purblind man Sees but a part o' th' chain, the nearest links, His eyes not carrying to that equal beam That poises all above.
Página 258 - God save him; No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home : But dust was thrown upon his sacred head ; Which with such gentle sorrow he shook off, — His face still combating with tears and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience ; — That had not God, for some strong purpose, steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him.
Página 365 - AmboyS" upon the theatre ; but when I had taken up what I supposed a fallen star, I found I had been cozened with a jelly ;* nothing but a cold, dull mass, which glittered no longer than it was shooting...
Página 223 - For time is like a fashionable host That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And, with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly, Grasps in the comer: welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing.
Página 440 - Kings' titles commonly begin by force, Which time wears off, and mellows into right; So power, which, in one age, is tyranny, Is ripened, in the next, to true succession: She's in possession.