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... and to the godlike man , With graceful action bowing , thus began : Aufpicious prince , in arms a mighty name , But yet whose actions far tranfcend your fame : ' B 4 Would 1.85 1 Would I your juftice or your force exprefs , NEIS .
... and to the godlike man , With graceful action bowing , thus began : Aufpicious prince , in arms a mighty name , But yet whose actions far tranfcend your fame : ' B 4 Would 1.85 1 Would I your juftice or your force exprefs , NEIS .
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1 Would I your juftice or your force exprefs , Thought can but equal ; and all words are less : 190 Your answer we fhall thankfully relate , And favours granted to the Latian state : If wifh'd fuccefs your labour fhall attend , Think ...
1 Would I your juftice or your force exprefs , Thought can but equal ; and all words are less : 190 Your answer we fhall thankfully relate , And favours granted to the Latian state : If wifh'd fuccefs your labour fhall attend , Think ...
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We met in fight , I know him to my cost ; With what a whirling force his lance he toss'd : Heavens ! what a fpring was in his arm , to throw ! How high he held his shield , and rofe at every blow ! Had Troy produc'd two more , his match ...
We met in fight , I know him to my cost ; With what a whirling force his lance he toss'd : Heavens ! what a fpring was in his arm , to throw ! How high he held his shield , and rofe at every blow ! Had Troy produc'd two more , his match ...
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A jarring murmur fill'd the factious court : As when a torrent rolls with rapid force , And dashes o'er the stones that stop the course ; The flood , constrain'd within a fcanty space , Roars horrible along th ' uneafy race : White foam ...
A jarring murmur fill'd the factious court : As when a torrent rolls with rapid force , And dashes o'er the stones that stop the course ; The flood , constrain'd within a fcanty space , Roars horrible along th ' uneafy race : White foam ...
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For this maligner of the general good , If ftill we fear his force , he must be woo'd : His haughty godhead we with prayers implore , Your fceptre to release , and our just rights restore . O curfed caufe of all our ills , muft we Wage ...
For this maligner of the general good , If ftill we fear his force , he must be woo'd : His haughty godhead we with prayers implore , Your fceptre to release , and our just rights restore . O curfed caufe of all our ills , muft we Wage ...
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets, Volume 11 |
| Author | John Dryden |
| Editors | Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres) |
| Publisher | J. Rivington, 1779 |
| Original from | the Complutense University of Madrid |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2009 |
| Length | 366 pages |
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