The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes. Illustrated with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author, Volume 4William Miller, 1808 |
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... scene was usually car- ried back to times in which the personal strength of a champion really had some efficacy . It must be owned , however , that the authors of the French romances carried the influence of individual strength and ...
... scene was usually car- ried back to times in which the personal strength of a champion really had some efficacy . It must be owned , however , that the authors of the French romances carried the influence of individual strength and ...
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... scene before him ; and although the changes of fortune are too rapid to be either probable , or altogether pleasing , yet they arrest the at- tention by their splendour and importance , and interest us in spite of our more sober ...
... scene before him ; and although the changes of fortune are too rapid to be either probable , or altogether pleasing , yet they arrest the at- tention by their splendour and importance , and interest us in spite of our more sober ...
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... SCENE I. Enter BOABDELIN , ABENAMAR , ABDELMELECH , and Guards . Boab . Thus , in the triumphs of soft peace , I reign ; And , from my walls , defy the powers of Spain ; With pomp and sports my love I celebrate , While they keep ...
... SCENE I. Enter BOABDELIN , ABENAMAR , ABDELMELECH , and Guards . Boab . Thus , in the triumphs of soft peace , I reign ; And , from my walls , defy the powers of Spain ; With pomp and sports my love I celebrate , While they keep ...
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... fall , And be the victim to atone you all . Ozm . If he must die , not one of us will live : That life he gave for us , for him we give . Boab . It was a traitor's voice that spoke those SCENE I. THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA . 99.
... fall , And be the victim to atone you all . Ozm . If he must die , not one of us will live : That life he gave for us , for him we give . Boab . It was a traitor's voice that spoke those SCENE I. THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA . 99.
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... cease ; The night be sacred to our love and peace : Tis just some joys on weary kings should wait ; Tis all we gain by being slaves to state . [ Exeunt . 4 ACT II . SCENE I. Enter ABDALLA , ABDELMELECH , SCENE I. THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA .
... cease ; The night be sacred to our love and peace : Tis just some joys on weary kings should wait ; Tis all we gain by being slaves to state . [ Exeunt . 4 ACT II . SCENE I. Enter ABDALLA , ABDELMELECH , SCENE I. THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA .
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