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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... fear I have traduced him . It is the fault of many a well - meaning man , to be officious in a wrong place , and do a prejudice where he had endeavoured to do a service . Virgil wrote his Georgics in the full strength and vigour of his ...
... fear I have traduced him . It is the fault of many a well - meaning man , to be officious in a wrong place , and do a prejudice where he had endeavoured to do a service . Virgil wrote his Georgics in the full strength and vigour of his ...
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... fear So mean a subject might offend your ear . Delve of convenient depth your thrashing floor : With tempered clay then fill and face it o'er ; And let the weighty roller run the round , To smooth the surface of the unequal ground ...
... fear So mean a subject might offend your ear . Delve of convenient depth your thrashing floor : With tempered clay then fill and face it o'er ; And let the weighty roller run the round , To smooth the surface of the unequal ground ...
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... fear , Sends in the swains to spoil the finished year , Even while the reaper fills his greedy hands , And binds the golden sheaves in brittle bands , Oft have I seen a sudden storm arise , From all the warring winds that sweep the ...
... fear , Sends in the swains to spoil the finished year , Even while the reaper fills his greedy hands , And binds the golden sheaves in brittle bands , Oft have I seen a sudden storm arise , From all the warring winds that sweep the ...
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... fear confessed , While he from high his rolling thunder throws , And fires the mountains with repeated blows : The rocks are from their old foundations rent ; The winds redouble , and the rains augment : The waves on heaps are dashed ...
... fear confessed , While he from high his rolling thunder throws , And fires the mountains with repeated blows : The rocks are from their old foundations rent ; The winds redouble , and the rains augment : The waves on heaps are dashed ...
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... to the race , Scour through the plain , and lengthen every pace ; Nor reins , nor curbs , nor threatening cries , they fear , But force along the trembling charioteer . GEORGICS , BOOK II . ARGUMENT . The subject of 48 GEORGICS , I.
... to the race , Scour through the plain , and lengthen every pace ; Nor reins , nor curbs , nor threatening cries , they fear , But force along the trembling charioteer . GEORGICS , BOOK II . ARGUMENT . The subject of 48 GEORGICS , I.
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