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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... virtue of Almahide , and her power over her lover . It afforded an opportunity , how- ever , to throw in some fine poetry , of which Dryden has not failed to avail himself . Were it not a peculiar attribute of the heroic drama , it ...
... virtue of Almahide , and her power over her lover . It afforded an opportunity , how- ever , to throw in some fine poetry , of which Dryden has not failed to avail himself . Were it not a peculiar attribute of the heroic drama , it ...
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... virtue animates the living . Since , therefore , the world is governed by precept and example , and both these can only have influ- ence from those persons who are above us ; that kind of poesy , which excites to virtue the greatest men ...
... virtue animates the living . Since , therefore , the world is governed by precept and example , and both these can only have influ- ence from those persons who are above us ; that kind of poesy , which excites to virtue the greatest men ...
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... virtue , and as they are the high- est returns which mankind can make them for it . And certainly , if ever nation were obliged , either by the conduct , the personal * valour , or the good fortune of a leader , the English are ...
... virtue , and as they are the high- est returns which mankind can make them for it . And certainly , if ever nation were obliged , either by the conduct , the personal * valour , or the good fortune of a leader , the English are ...
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... virtue . Your reputation waged war with the enemies of your royal family , even within their trenches ; and the more obstinate , or more guilty of them , were forced to be spies over those whom they commanded , lest the name of York ...
... virtue . Your reputation waged war with the enemies of your royal family , even within their trenches ; and the more obstinate , or more guilty of them , were forced to be spies over those whom they commanded , lest the name of York ...
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... virtue ; the command- ing part in Agamemnon , and the executive in Ach- illes . And I doubt not from both your actions , but to have abundant matter to fill the annals of a glorious reign , and to perform the part of a just his- torian ...
... virtue ; the command- ing part in Agamemnon , and the executive in Ach- illes . And I doubt not from both your actions , but to have abundant matter to fill the annals of a glorious reign , and to perform the part of a just his- torian ...
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