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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... equal , but that he wanted courage . To have both these virtues , and to have improved them both with a softness of manners and a sweetness of conversation - few of our nobility can fill that character . One there is , and so ...
... equal , but that he wanted courage . To have both these virtues , and to have improved them both with a softness of manners and a sweetness of conversation - few of our nobility can fill that character . One there is , and so ...
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... equal rage , The clouds are crushed ; a glut of gathered rain The hollow ditches fills , and floats the plain ; And sailors furl their dropping sheets amain . Wet weather seldom hurts the most unwise ; So plain the signs , such prophets ...
... equal rage , The clouds are crushed ; a glut of gathered rain The hollow ditches fills , and floats the plain ; And sailors furl their dropping sheets amain . Wet weather seldom hurts the most unwise ; So plain the signs , such prophets ...
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... equal to the pasture and the plough . Such is the soil of fat Campanian fields ; Such large increase the land that joins Vesuvius yields ; And such a country could Acerræ boast , Till Clanius overflowed the unhappy coast . I teach thee ...
... equal to the pasture and the plough . Such is the soil of fat Campanian fields ; Such large increase the land that joins Vesuvius yields ; And such a country could Acerræ boast , Till Clanius overflowed the unhappy coast . I teach thee ...
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... equal Mars , like an impartial lord , Leaves all to fortune , and the dint of sword- So let thy vines in intervals be set , But not their rural discipline forget ; Indulge their width , and add a roomy space , That their extremest lines ...
... equal Mars , like an impartial lord , Leaves all to fortune , and the dint of sword- So let thy vines in intervals be set , But not their rural discipline forget ; Indulge their width , and add a roomy space , That their extremest lines ...
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... equal vigour to the plants convey , Which , crowded , want the room , their branches to display . How deep they must be planted , would'st thou know ? In shallow furrows vines securely grow . Not so the rest of plants ; for Jove's own ...
... equal vigour to the plants convey , Which , crowded , want the room , their branches to display . How deep they must be planted , would'st thou know ? In shallow furrows vines securely grow . Not so the rest of plants ; for Jove's own ...
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