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Yes , if defire of fame , and thirft of power , A beauteous princess , with a crown in dower , So fire your mind , in arms affert your right ; And meet your foe , who dares you to the fight . Mankind , it feems , is made for you alone ...
Yes , if defire of fame , and thirft of power , A beauteous princess , with a crown in dower , So fire your mind , in arms affert your right ; And meet your foe , who dares you to the fight . Mankind , it feems , is made for you alone ...
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She faid ; and fliding funk upon the plain ; Dying , her open'd hand forfakes the rein ; Short , and more short , the pants : by flow degrees Her mind the paffage from her body frees . She drops her fword , the nods her plumy creft ...
She faid ; and fliding funk upon the plain ; Dying , her open'd hand forfakes the rein ; Short , and more short , the pants : by flow degrees Her mind the paffage from her body frees . She drops her fword , the nods her plumy creft ...
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Weigh in your mind the various chance of war , Pity your parent's age , and ease his care . * 45 150 $ 65 70 Such balmy words he pour'd , but all in vain I Suck 48 DRYDEN'S VIRGIL ,
Weigh in your mind the various chance of war , Pity your parent's age , and ease his care . * 45 150 $ 65 70 Such balmy words he pour'd , but all in vain I Suck 48 DRYDEN'S VIRGIL ,
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... And whate'er price Amata's honour bears Within thy breast , fince thou art all my hope , My fickly mind's repofe , my finking age's prop ; Since on the fafety of thy life alone Depends Latinus , and the Latian throne : Refuse me not ...
... And whate'er price Amata's honour bears Within thy breast , fince thou art all my hope , My fickly mind's repofe , my finking age's prop ; Since on the fafety of thy life alone Depends Latinus , and the Latian throne : Refuse me not ...
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She said , and , failing on the winged wind , Left the fad nymph suspended in her mind . And now in pomp the peaceful kings appear : Four steeds the chariot of Latinus bear : Twelve golden beams around his temples play , To mark his ...
She said , and , failing on the winged wind , Left the fad nymph suspended in her mind . And now in pomp the peaceful kings appear : Four steeds the chariot of Latinus bear : Twelve golden beams around his temples play , To mark his ...
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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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