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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Page 40
... fathers ' homely food ; To gather laurel - berries , and the spoil Of bloody myrtles , and to press your oil ; For stalking cranes to set the guileful snare ; Tinclose the stags in toils , and hunt the hare ; With Balearic slings , or ...
... fathers ' homely food ; To gather laurel - berries , and the spoil Of bloody myrtles , and to press your oil ; For stalking cranes to set the guileful snare ; Tinclose the stags in toils , and hunt the hare ; With Balearic slings , or ...
Page 41
... father of the gods his glory shrouds , Involved in tempests , and a night of clouds ; And , from the middle darkness flashing out , By fits he deals his fiery bolts about . Earth feels the motions of her angry god ; Her entrails tremble ...
... father of the gods his glory shrouds , Involved in tempests , and a night of clouds ; And , from the middle darkness flashing out , By fits he deals his fiery bolts about . Earth feels the motions of her angry god ; Her entrails tremble ...
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... father Romulus , and mother Earth , Goddess unmoved ! whose guardian arms extend O'er Tuscan Tyber's course , and Roman towers de- fend ; With youthful Cæsar your joint powers engage , Nor hinder him to save the sinking age . O ! let ...
... father Romulus , and mother Earth , Goddess unmoved ! whose guardian arms extend O'er Tuscan Tyber's course , and Roman towers de- fend ; With youthful Cæsar your joint powers engage , Nor hinder him to save the sinking age . O ! let ...
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... gardening , agriculture , & c . I may possibly be mistaken in some terms . But , concerning grafting , my honoured friend Sir William Bowyer has assured me , that Virgil VOL . XIV . D Great father Bacchus ! to my song repair ; For Book II.
... gardening , agriculture , & c . I may possibly be mistaken in some terms . But , concerning grafting , my honoured friend Sir William Bowyer has assured me , that Virgil VOL . XIV . D Great father Bacchus ! to my song repair ; For Book II.
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... father Bacchus ! to my song repair ; For clustering grapes are thy peculiar care : For thee , large bunches load the bending vine , And the last blessings of the year are thine . To thee his joys the jolly autumn owes , When the ...
... father Bacchus ! to my song repair ; For clustering grapes are thy peculiar care : For thee , large bunches load the bending vine , And the last blessings of the year are thine . To thee his joys the jolly autumn owes , When the ...
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