The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing Original Poems, Tales, and Translations, with Notes, Volym 4F. C. and J. Rivington, 1811 |
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... rest ? Fair Leda's story seems at first to be A fit example ready form'd for me . But she was cozen'd by a borrow'd shape , And under harmless feathers felt a rape . If I should yield , what reason could I use ? By what mistake the ...
... rest ? Fair Leda's story seems at first to be A fit example ready form'd for me . But she was cozen'd by a borrow'd shape , And under harmless feathers felt a rape . If I should yield , what reason could I use ? By what mistake the ...
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... rest , To plunge their poniards in the bridegroom's breaft : 75 Or Venus ' temple ; where , on annual nights , so They mourn Adonis with Affyrian rites . Nor fhun the Jewish walk , where the foul drove , On fabbaths , rest from ev'ry ...
... rest , To plunge their poniards in the bridegroom's breaft : 75 Or Venus ' temple ; where , on annual nights , so They mourn Adonis with Affyrian rites . Nor fhun the Jewish walk , where the foul drove , On fabbaths , rest from ev'ry ...
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... rest : Which if thou doft not gain , by ftrength or art , 755 The name of clown then fuits with thy defert ; ' Tis downright dulness , and a shameful part . Perhaps , the calls it force ; but , if she ' scape , She will not thank you ...
... rest : Which if thou doft not gain , by ftrength or art , 755 The name of clown then fuits with thy defert ; ' Tis downright dulness , and a shameful part . Perhaps , the calls it force ; but , if she ' scape , She will not thank you ...
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... rest Your tender cheek upon his hairy breast . Let not his hand within your bofom ftray , And rudely with your pretty bubbies play . But above all , let him no kiss receive ; That's an offence I never can forgive . Do not , O do not ...
... rest Your tender cheek upon his hairy breast . Let not his hand within your bofom ftray , And rudely with your pretty bubbies play . But above all , let him no kiss receive ; That's an offence I never can forgive . Do not , O do not ...
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... English , he would yet be wanting in the dignity of expreffion . That which is the prime virtue , and chief ornament , of Virgil , which diftin- guishes him from the rest of writers , is fo A DISCOURSE ON SATIRE . 171.
... English , he would yet be wanting in the dignity of expreffion . That which is the prime virtue , and chief ornament , of Virgil , which diftin- guishes him from the rest of writers , is fo A DISCOURSE ON SATIRE . 171.
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing Original Poems ..., Volym 4 John Dryden Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1811 |
The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing Original Poems ..., Volym 4 John Dryden Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1811 |
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Sida 257 - Neither is it true, that this fineness of raillery is offensive. A witty man is tickled while he is hurt in this manner, and a fool feels it not.
Sida 275 - Queen ;" and there I met with that which I had been looking for so long in vain. Spenser had studied Virgil to as much advantage as Milton had done Homer ; and amongst the rest of his excellencies had copied that.
Sida 323 - Scarce can our Fields, such Crowds at Tyburn die, With Hemp the Gallows and the Fleet supply. Propose your Schemes, ye Senatorian Band, Whose Ways and Means support the sinking Land; Lest Ropes be wanting in the tempting Spring, To rig another Convoy for the K[in]g.
Sida 380 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Sida 256 - How easy it is to call rogue and villain, and that wittily! but how hard to make a man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without using any of those opprobrious terms!
Sida 372 - In full-blown dignity, see Wolsey stand, Law in his voice, and fortune in his hand : To him the church, the realm, their pow'rs consign. Through him the rays of regal bounty shine, Turn'd by his nod the stream of honour flows, His smile alone security bestows...
Sida 31 - But swiftness is the vice I only fear. Yet, if you knew me well, you would not...
Sida 265 - Satire is a kind of poetry, without a series of action, invented for the purging of our minds ; in which human vices, ignorance, and errors, and all things besides, which are produced from them in every man, are severely reprehended...
Sida 380 - Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vain, " Think nothing gain'd," he cries, " till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath the polar sky.
Sida 83 - To state it fairly; imitation of an author is the most advantageous way for a translator to show himself, but the greatest wrong which can be done to the memory and reputation of the dead.