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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... better for his pupils ' discourse than Amadis of Gaule ; for the knights errant and the ladies of court do therein exchange courtly speeches . " England by James IV . of Scotland , in which 4 THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA .
... better for his pupils ' discourse than Amadis of Gaule ; for the knights errant and the ladies of court do therein exchange courtly speeches . " England by James IV . of Scotland , in which 4 THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA .
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... better be explicated by poets than by philosophers or divines . For their lations on this subject are wholly poetical ; they have only their fancy for their guide ; and that , be- ing sharper in an excellent poet , than it is likely it ...
... better be explicated by poets than by philosophers or divines . For their lations on this subject are wholly poetical ; they have only their fancy for their guide ; and that , be- ing sharper in an excellent poet , than it is likely it ...
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... better , or you else write worse . To equal only what was writ before , Seems stolen , or borrowed from the former store . Though blind as Homer all the ancients be , " Tis on their shoulders , like the lame , we see . Then not to ...
... better , or you else write worse . To equal only what was writ before , Seems stolen , or borrowed from the former store . Though blind as Homer all the ancients be , " Tis on their shoulders , like the lame , we see . Then not to ...
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... better things has known , Beneath their poet's impotence they groan . See now what charity it was to save ! age • They thought you liked , what only you forgave ; * There is a vague tradition , that , in this grotesque dress , ( for the ...
... better things has known , Beneath their poet's impotence they groan . See now what charity it was to save ! age • They thought you liked , what only you forgave ; * There is a vague tradition , that , in this grotesque dress , ( for the ...
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... thou ought'st to bring , And so , in nature , am thy subjects ' king . Boab . I do not want your counsel to direct , Or aid to help me punish or protect . Almanz . Thou want'st them both , or better thou 40 ACT I. THE FIRST PART OF.
... thou ought'st to bring , And so , in nature , am thy subjects ' king . Boab . I do not want your counsel to direct , Or aid to help me punish or protect . Almanz . Thou want'st them both , or better thou 40 ACT I. THE FIRST PART OF.
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