The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes. Illustrated with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author, Volym 13William Miller, 1808 |
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... give allowance to the failings of others , by considering that there is nothing perfect in man- kind ; and by distinguishing that which comes near- est to excellency , though not absolutely free from faults , will certainly produce a ...
... give allowance to the failings of others , by considering that there is nothing perfect in man- kind ; and by distinguishing that which comes near- est to excellency , though not absolutely free from faults , will certainly produce a ...
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... greatest commendation , which my own partiali- ty can give to my productions , is , that they are copies , and no farther to be allowed , than as they have something more or less of the original . Some 8 ESSAY ON SATIRE .
... greatest commendation , which my own partiali- ty can give to my productions , is , that they are copies , and no farther to be allowed , than as they have something more or less of the original . Some 8 ESSAY ON SATIRE .
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... give indolency as an attri- bute to his gods , and place in it the happiness of the blest ; the divinity which we worship has given us not only a precept against it , but his own exam- ple to the contrary . The world , my lord , would ...
... give indolency as an attri- bute to his gods , and place in it the happiness of the blest ; the divinity which we worship has given us not only a precept against it , but his own exam- ple to the contrary . The world , my lord , would ...
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... give the definition and character of true satires . In the mean time , as a counsellor bred up in the knowledge of the municipal and statute laws , may honestly inform a just prince how far his preroga- tive extends ; so I may be ...
... give the definition and character of true satires . In the mean time , as a counsellor bred up in the knowledge of the municipal and statute laws , may honestly inform a just prince how far his preroga- tive extends ; so I may be ...
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... give back to every author his own brass , ( for there is not the same rule for distinguishing betwixt bad and bad , as betwixt ill and excellently good , ) yet I ne- ver failed of knowing what was yours , and what was not ; and was ...
... give back to every author his own brass , ( for there is not the same rule for distinguishing betwixt bad and bad , as betwixt ill and excellently good , ) yet I ne- ver failed of knowing what was yours , and what was not ; and was ...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Volym 13 John Dryden Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1808 |
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Sida 178 - LOOK round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue. How void of reason are our hopes and fears ! What in the conduct of our life appears So well...
Sida 27 - Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me, 19 And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong.
Sida 308 - Tell good Barzillai thou canst sing no more, And tell thy soul she should have fled before. Or fled she with his life, and left this verse To hang on her departed patron's hearse?
Sida 26 - And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.
Sida 27 - Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. 21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
Sida 26 - His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
Sida 399 - He sung the secret seeds of Nature's frame; How seas, and earth, and air, and active flame, Fell through the mighty void, and, in their fall, Were blindly gather'd in this goodly ball.
Sida 17 - The English have only to boast of Spenser and Milton, who neither of them wanted either genius or learning to have been perfect poets; and yet both of them are liable to many censures.
Sida 408 - The pines of Maenalus, the vocal grove, Are ever full of verse, and full of love ; They hear the hinds, they hear their god complain, Who suffered not the reeds to rise in vain.
Sida 222 - When wilt thou, mighty Jove, My wealthy uncle from this world remove...