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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... ground , and their tails clapt between their legs ; the goats and oxen are almost flayed with cold : but it is not so bad with the sheep , because they have a thick coat of wool about them . The old men too are bit- terly pinched with ...
... ground , and their tails clapt between their legs ; the goats and oxen are almost flayed with cold : but it is not so bad with the sheep , because they have a thick coat of wool about them . The old men too are bit- terly pinched with ...
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... ground with seeds of grain ; And you , who swell those seeds with kindly rain ; And chiefly thou , whose undetermined state Is yet the business of the gods ' debate , Whether in after times to be declared The patron of the world , and ...
... ground with seeds of grain ; And you , who swell those seeds with kindly rain ; And chiefly thou , whose undetermined state Is yet the business of the gods ' debate , Whether in after times to be declared The patron of the world , and ...
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... ground with Bacchus , that with Ceres , suits : That other loads the trees with happy fruits : A fourth , with grass unbidden , decks the ground . Thus Tmolus is with yellow saffron crowned : India black ebon and white ivory bears ; And ...
... ground with Bacchus , that with Ceres , suits : That other loads the trees with happy fruits : A fourth , with grass unbidden , decks the ground . Thus Tmolus is with yellow saffron crowned : India black ebon and white ivory bears ; And ...
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... ground . But , if the soil be barren , only scar The surface , and but lightly print the share , When cold Arcturus ... ground . Thus change of seeds for meagre soils is best ; And earth manured , not idle , though at rest . Long ...
... ground . But , if the soil be barren , only scar The surface , and but lightly print the share , When cold Arcturus ... ground . Thus change of seeds for meagre soils is best ; And earth manured , not idle , though at rest . Long ...
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... ground constrains , New knits the surface , and new strings the veins ; Lest soaking showers should pierce her ... grounds , And on the back of earth inflicts new wounds ; For he , with frequent exercise , commands The unwilling soil ...
... ground constrains , New knits the surface , and new strings the veins ; Lest soaking showers should pierce her ... grounds , And on the back of earth inflicts new wounds ; For he , with frequent exercise , commands The unwilling soil ...
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