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My fon and I expect it from his hand ; ' Tis all that he can give , or we demand . Joy is no more : but I would gladly go , To greet my Pallas with fuch news below . The morn had now difpell'd the shades of night ; Reftoring toils ...
My fon and I expect it from his hand ; ' Tis all that he can give , or we demand . Joy is no more : but I would gladly go , To greet my Pallas with fuch news below . The morn had now difpell'd the shades of night ; Reftoring toils ...
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Such truths , O king , faid he , your words contain , As ftrike the fenfe , and all replies are vain : Nor are your loyal subjects now to seek What common needs require ; but fear to speak , Let him give leave of speech , that haughty ...
Such truths , O king , faid he , your words contain , As ftrike the fenfe , and all replies are vain : Nor are your loyal subjects now to seek What common needs require ; but fear to speak , Let him give leave of speech , that haughty ...
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Turnus , I know , you think me not your friend , Nor will I much with your belief contend : I beg your greatnefs not to give the law In other realms , but , beaten , to withdraw . Pity your own , or pity our eftate ; Nor twift our ...
Turnus , I know , you think me not your friend , Nor will I much with your belief contend : I beg your greatnefs not to give the law In other realms , but , beaten , to withdraw . Pity your own , or pity our eftate ; Nor twift our ...
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11025 She fwings her axe , and rifes at the blow : Full on the helm behind , with fuch a sway The weapon falls , the riven steel gives way : He groans , he roars , he sues in vain for grace ; Brains , mingled with his blood , besmear ...
11025 She fwings her axe , and rifes at the blow : Full on the helm behind , with fuch a sway The weapon falls , the riven steel gives way : He groans , he roars , he sues in vain for grace ; Brains , mingled with his blood , besmear ...
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Vows .. 1.160 . Apollo heard , and , granting half his prayer , 1165 Shuffled in winds the reft , and tofs'd in empty air . He gives the death defir'd ; his fafe return , By fouthern tempefts , to the feas is borne .
Vows .. 1.160 . Apollo heard , and , granting half his prayer , 1165 Shuffled in winds the reft , and tofs'd in empty air . He gives the death defir'd ; his fafe return , By fouthern tempefts , to the feas is borne .
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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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