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 13William Miller, 1808 |
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... excellent emperor ; and never had his complaint to make when you went to bed , that the sun had shone upon you in vain , when you had the opportunity of relieving some unhappy man . This , my lord , has justly ac- quired you as many ...
... excellent emperor ; and never had his complaint to make when you went to bed , that the sun had shone upon you in vain , when you had the opportunity of relieving some unhappy man . This , my lord , has justly ac- quired you as many ...
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... excellent wit , a masterly and commanding genius over all writers : whereby you are empowered , when you please , to give the final decision of wit ; to put your stamp on all that ought to pass for current ; and set a brand of ...
... excellent wit , a masterly and commanding genius over all writers : whereby you are empowered , when you please , to give the final decision of wit ; to put your stamp on all that ought to pass for current ; and set a brand of ...
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... excellent , whose expressions are noble , whose thoughts are just , whose language is pure , whose satire is pointed , and whose sense is close ; what he borrows from the ancients , he repays with usury of his own , in coin as good ...
... excellent , whose expressions are noble , whose thoughts are just , whose language is pure , whose satire is pointed , and whose sense is close ; what he borrows from the ancients , he repays with usury of his own , in coin as good ...
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... excellent , as the verse of his translation and his English are lame and pitiful . For it is not enough to give us the meaning of a poet , which I acknow- ledge him to have performed most faithfully , but he must also imitate his genius ...
... excellent , as the verse of his translation and his English are lame and pitiful . For it is not enough to give us the meaning of a poet , which I acknow- ledge him to have performed most faithfully , but he must also imitate his genius ...
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... excellent natural en- dowments , besides the advantages of diligence and study , and coming after him , and building upon his foundations , might not probably , with all these helps , surpass him ; and whether it be any disho- nour to ...
... excellent natural en- dowments , besides the advantages of diligence and study , and coming after him , and building upon his foundations , might not probably , with all these helps , surpass him ; and whether it be any disho- nour to ...
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Page 178 - LOOK round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue. How void of reason are our hopes and fears ! What in the conduct of our life appears So well...
Page 27 - Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me, 19 And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong.
Page 308 - Tell good Barzillai thou canst sing no more, And tell thy soul she should have fled before. Or fled she with his life, and left this verse To hang on her departed patron's hearse?
Page 26 - And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.
Page 27 - Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. 21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
Page 26 - His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
Page 399 - He sung the secret seeds of Nature's frame; How seas, and earth, and air, and active flame, Fell through the mighty void, and, in their fall, Were blindly gather'd in this goodly ball.
Page 17 - The English have only to boast of Spenser and Milton, who neither of them wanted either genius or learning to have been perfect poets; and yet both of them are liable to many censures.
Page 408 - The pines of Maenalus, the vocal grove, Are ever full of verse, and full of love ; They hear the hinds, they hear their god complain, Who suffered not the reeds to rise in vain.
Page 222 - When wilt thou, mighty Jove, My wealthy uncle from this world remove...