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 14William Miller, 1808 |
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... born in 1634 . He was a man of considerable talent and political activity ; was active in forwarding the Restoration ; and enjoyed at the court of Charles II . several offices , but was now retired . He died in 1713 . fore he reached ...
... born in 1634 . He was a man of considerable talent and political activity ; was active in forwarding the Restoration ; and enjoyed at the court of Charles II . several offices , but was now retired . He died in 1713 . fore he reached ...
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... born with principles of genero- sity and probity ; but it adds to you , that you have cultivated nature , and made those principles the rule and measure of all your actions . The world knows this , without my telling ; yet poets have a ...
... born with principles of genero- sity and probity ; but it adds to you , that you have cultivated nature , and made those principles the rule and measure of all your actions . The world knows this , without my telling ; yet poets have a ...
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... born , and of an ancient family , is in the extremes of fortune , either good or bad ; for virtue and descent are no inheritance . A long se- ries of ancestors shews the native with great advan- tage at the first ; but , if he any way ...
... born , and of an ancient family , is in the extremes of fortune , either good or bad ; for virtue and descent are no inheritance . A long se- ries of ancestors shews the native with great advan- tage at the first ; but , if he any way ...
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... born to a plentiful estate , and is ambi- tious of offices at court , sets a stake to Fortune , which she can seldom answer . If he gains nothing , he loses all , or part of what was once his own ; and , if he gets , he cannot be ...
... born to a plentiful estate , and is ambi- tious of offices at court , sets a stake to Fortune , which she can seldom answer . If he gains nothing , he loses all , or part of what was once his own ; and , if he gets , he cannot be ...
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... born . Then borrow part of winter for thy corn ; And early , with thy team , the glebe in furrows turn ; That , while the turf lies open and unbound , Succeeding suns may bake the mellow ground . But , if the soil be barren , only scar ...
... born . Then borrow part of winter for thy corn ; And early , with thy team , the glebe in furrows turn ; That , while the turf lies open and unbound , Succeeding suns may bake the mellow ground . But , if the soil be barren , only scar ...
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