The Works of John Dryden Now First Collected ...W. Miller, 1808 |
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... muse by Mars begot , Born , Cæsar - like , to write and act great deeds ; Impatient to revenge his fatal shot , His right hand doubly to his left succeeds . || * Note XXXIV . + Note XXXV . + Note XXXVI , § Note XXXVII . Note XXXVIII ...
... muse by Mars begot , Born , Cæsar - like , to write and act great deeds ; Impatient to revenge his fatal shot , His right hand doubly to his left succeeds . || * Note XXXIV . + Note XXXV . + Note XXXVI , § Note XXXVII . Note XXXVIII ...
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... muse by Mars begot , Born , Casar - like , to write and act great deeds : Impatient to revenge his fatal shot , His right hand doubly to his left succeeds . — St . 175. p . 135 . Sir Frescheville Hollis , mentioned in this verse , was ...
... muse by Mars begot , Born , Casar - like , to write and act great deeds : Impatient to revenge his fatal shot , His right hand doubly to his left succeeds . — St . 175. p . 135 . Sir Frescheville Hollis , mentioned in this verse , was ...
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... muse by Father Publican : For ' tis not harder much if we tax nature , That lines should give a poet such a feature , Than that his verse a hero should us shew , Produced by such a feat , as famous too . The noble author of this flat ...
... muse by Father Publican : For ' tis not harder much if we tax nature , That lines should give a poet such a feature , Than that his verse a hero should us shew , Produced by such a feat , as famous too . The noble author of this flat ...
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... muse , whose flight Has bravely reached and soared above thy height , Now shalt thou stand , though sword , or time , or fire , Or zeal more fierce than they , thy fall conspire ; Secure whilst thee the best of poets sings , Preserved ...
... muse , whose flight Has bravely reached and soared above thy height , Now shalt thou stand , though sword , or time , or fire , Or zeal more fierce than they , thy fall conspire ; Secure whilst thee the best of poets sings , Preserved ...
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... muse , evince not only the poet's taste and judgment , but that tone of honourable and just feeling , which distinguishes a true satire from a libellous lampoon . It was not consistent with Dry den's subject to introduce much imagery or ...
... muse , evince not only the poet's taste and judgment , but that tone of honourable and just feeling , which distinguishes a true satire from a libellous lampoon . It was not consistent with Dry den's subject to introduce much imagery or ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 79 - And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses...
Seite 270 - In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ;* A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Seite 85 - The vanquish'd fires withdraw from every place, Or, full with feeding, sink into a sleep: Each household genius shows again his face, And, from the hearths, the little Lares creep.
Seite 142 - The diligence of trades and noiseful gain, And luxury more late, asleep were laid : All was the night's ; and in her silent reign No sound the rest of nature did invade.
Seite 144 - The ghosts of traitors from the Bridge descend, With bold fanatic spectres to rejoice ; About the fire into a dance they bend, And sing their sabbath notes with feeble voice*.
Seite 86 - Holland fleet, who, tir'il and done, Stretch'd on their decks, like weary oxen lie : Faint sweats all down their mighty members run, (Vast bulks, which little souls but ill supply.) In dreams they fearful precipices tread, • Or, shipwreck'd, labour to some distant shore ; Or in dark churches walk among the dead ; They wake with horror, and dare sleep no more.
Seite 49 - And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty...
Seite 217 - Promiscuous use of concubine and bride ; Then Israel's monarch after heaven's own heart, His vigorous warmth did variously impart To wives and slaves ; and wide as his command, Scatter'd his Maker's image through the land.
Seite 245 - tis to rule; for that's a monarch's end. They call my tenderness of blood, my fear: Though manly tempers can the longest bear.
Seite 193 - But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.