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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... King Charles the Second , though he much desired it : at length he took the confidence to attend a fair lady to the court , and told his majesty , that , under her protec- tion , he had presumed to wait on him : With the same humble ...
... King Charles the Second , though he much desired it : at length he took the confidence to attend a fair lady to the court , and told his majesty , that , under her protec- tion , he had presumed to wait on him : With the same humble ...
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... king of floods Rushed through the forests , tore the lofty woods , And , rolling onward , with a sweepy sway , Bore houses , herds , and labouring hinds away . Blood sprang from wells , wolves howled in towns by night , And boding ...
... king of floods Rushed through the forests , tore the lofty woods , And , rolling onward , with a sweepy sway , Bore houses , herds , and labouring hinds away . Blood sprang from wells , wolves howled in towns by night , And boding ...
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... I praise the Rhætian grape divine , Which yet contends not with Falernian wine ? The Aminean many a consulship survives , And longer than the Lydian vintage lives , Or high Phanæus , king of Chian growth But , GEORGICS , II . 53.
... I praise the Rhætian grape divine , Which yet contends not with Falernian wine ? The Aminean many a consulship survives , And longer than the Lydian vintage lives , Or high Phanæus , king of Chian growth But , GEORGICS , II . 53.
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... king of Chian growth But , for large quantities and lasting , both , The less Argitis bears the prize away . The Rhodian , sacred to the solemn day , In second services is poured to Jove , And best accepted by the gods above . Nor must ...
... king of Chian growth But , for large quantities and lasting , both , The less Argitis bears the prize away . The Rhodian , sacred to the solemn day , In second services is poured to Jove , And best accepted by the gods above . Nor must ...
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... In this soft season , ( let me dare to sing , ) The world was hatched by heaven's imperial king- In prime of all the year , and holidays of spring . Then did the new creation first appear ; Nor other 62 GEORGICS , II .
... In this soft season , ( let me dare to sing , ) The world was hatched by heaven's imperial king- In prime of all the year , and holidays of spring . Then did the new creation first appear ; Nor other 62 GEORGICS , II .
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