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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... face it o'er ; And let the weighty roller run the round , To smooth the surface of the unequal ground ; Lest , cracked with summer heats , the flooring flies , Or sinks , and through the crannies weeds arise : * Restored by Dr Carey ...
... face it o'er ; And let the weighty roller run the round , To smooth the surface of the unequal ground ; Lest , cracked with summer heats , the flooring flies , Or sinks , and through the crannies weeds arise : * Restored by Dr Carey ...
Page 40
... from the root is torn , And whirled aloft the lighter stubble borne : With such a force the flying rack is driven , And such a winter wears the face of heaven : * And oft whole sheets descend of sluicy rain , 40 GEORGICS , I.
... from the root is torn , And whirled aloft the lighter stubble borne : With such a force the flying rack is driven , And such a winter wears the face of heaven : * And oft whole sheets descend of sluicy rain , 40 GEORGICS , I.
Page 43
... face ; The frogs renew the croaks of their loquacious race ; The careful ant her secret cell forsakes , } And drags her eggs along the narrow tracks : At either horn the rainbow drinks the flood ; Huge flocks of rising rooks forsake ...
... face ; The frogs renew the croaks of their loquacious race ; The careful ant her secret cell forsakes , } And drags her eggs along the narrow tracks : At either horn the rainbow drinks the flood ; Huge flocks of rising rooks forsake ...
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... face with fiery flushing glow , Expect the rattling winds aloft to blow . But , four nights old , ( for that's the surest sign , ) With sharpened horns if glorious then she shine , Next day , nor only that , but all the moon , " Till ...
... face with fiery flushing glow , Expect the rattling winds aloft to blow . But , four nights old , ( for that's the surest sign , ) With sharpened horns if glorious then she shine , Next day , nor only that , but all the moon , " Till ...
Page 65
... face , And dances in the wind , those fields are in his grace . To Bacchus therefore let us tune our lays , And in our mother tongue resound his praise . Thin cakes in chargers , and a guilty goat , Dragged by the horns , be to his ...
... face , And dances in the wind , those fields are in his grace . To Bacchus therefore let us tune our lays , And in our mother tongue resound his praise . Thin cakes in chargers , and a guilty goat , Dragged by the horns , be to his ...
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