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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... stand , with little variation of length or shortness , because at that time the di- urnal motion of the sun partakes more of a right line than of a spiral . The same is the method of nature in the frame of man . He seems at forty to be ...
... stand , with little variation of length or shortness , because at that time the di- urnal motion of the sun partakes more of a right line than of a spiral . The same is the method of nature in the frame of man . He seems at forty to be ...
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... stand about you , are not only sensible of a cheerful warmth , but are kept at an awful distance by its force . In my small observations of mankind , I have ever found , that such as are not rather too full of spirit when they are young ...
... stand about you , are not only sensible of a cheerful warmth , but are kept at an awful distance by its force . In my small observations of mankind , I have ever found , that such as are not rather too full of spirit when they are young ...
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... - locked on every side , and where no winds can possibly in- vade , no tempests can arise . There a man may stand upon the shore , and not only see ' his own image , but that of his Maker , clearly reflected OF THE GEORGICS . 11.
... - locked on every side , and where no winds can possibly in- vade , no tempests can arise . There a man may stand upon the shore , and not only see ' his own image , but that of his Maker , clearly reflected OF THE GEORGICS . 11.
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... standing waters , when they yield Too large a beverage to the drunken field : But most in autumn , and the showery spring , When dubious months uncertain weather bring ; When fountains open , when impetuous rain Swells hasty brooks ...
... standing waters , when they yield Too large a beverage to the drunken field : But most in autumn , and the showery spring , When dubious months uncertain weather bring ; When fountains open , when impetuous rain Swells hasty brooks ...
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... stand , And , mounting upward with erected flight , Gain on the skies , and soar above the sight . And oft , before ... standing pools , The swans that sail along the silver flood , And dive with stretching necks to search their food ...
... stand , And , mounting upward with erected flight , Gain on the skies , and soar above the sight . And oft , before ... standing pools , The swans that sail along the silver flood , And dive with stretching necks to search their food ...
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