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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... less when we are young ; for , having tried it early , we shall not be * Dryden's praise , though often hyperbolical , is always founded on some circumstances appropriate to its object . Lord Chester- field , who had enjoyed offices of ...
... less when we are young ; for , having tried it early , we shall not be * Dryden's praise , though often hyperbolical , is always founded on some circumstances appropriate to its object . Lord Chester- field , who had enjoyed offices of ...
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... less ought the low phrases and terms of art , that are adapted to husbandry , have any place in such a work as the Georgic , which is not to appear in the natural simplicity and naked- ness of its subject , but in the pleasantest dress ...
... less ought the low phrases and terms of art , that are adapted to husbandry , have any place in such a work as the Georgic , which is not to appear in the natural simplicity and naked- ness of its subject , but in the pleasantest dress ...
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... less observe the skies , When the Kids , Dragon , and Arcturus , rise , Than sailors homeward bent , who cut their way Through Helle's stormy straits , and oyster - breeding sea . But , when Astræa's balance , hung on high , Betwixt the ...
... less observe the skies , When the Kids , Dragon , and Arcturus , rise , Than sailors homeward bent , who cut their way Through Helle's stormy straits , and oyster - breeding sea . But , when Astræa's balance , hung on high , Betwixt the ...
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... less and greater , who , by Fate's decree , Abhor to dive beneath the northern sea . * There , as they say , perpetual night is found In silence brooding on the unhappy ground : Or , when Aurora leaves our northern sphere , She lights ...
... less and greater , who , by Fate's decree , Abhor to dive beneath the northern sea . * There , as they say , perpetual night is found In silence brooding on the unhappy ground : Or , when Aurora leaves our northern sphere , She lights ...
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... 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 Bumastus his old honours lose , In length and largeness like the dugs of ...
... 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 Bumastus his old honours lose , In length and largeness like the dugs of ...
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