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A king , they hop'd , would hear a king's request : Whofe fon he once was call'd , and once his guest . 1:50 155 Their fuit , which was too just to be deny'd Their 6 DRYDEN'S VIRGIL ..
A king , they hop'd , would hear a king's request : Whofe fon he once was call'd , and once his guest . 1:50 155 Their fuit , which was too just to be deny'd Their 6 DRYDEN'S VIRGIL ..
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... and cleaves the throng : 225 Falls on the corpse , and groaning there he lies , With filent grief , that speaks but at his eyes : Short fighs and fobs fucceed : till forrow breaks A paffage , and at once he weeps and speaks .
... and cleaves the throng : 225 Falls on the corpse , and groaning there he lies , With filent grief , that speaks but at his eyes : Short fighs and fobs fucceed : till forrow breaks A paffage , and at once he weeps and speaks .
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There let them build , and fettle , if they please ; Unless they choose once more to cross the feas , In fearch of feats remote of Italy ; And from unwelcome inmates fet us free . Then twice ten gallies let us build with speed ...
There let them build , and fettle , if they please ; Unless they choose once more to cross the feas , In fearch of feats remote of Italy ; And from unwelcome inmates fet us free . Then twice ten gallies let us build with speed ...
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990 Lyris and Pegasus at once she flew ; The former , as the flacken'd reins he drew , Of his faint fteed : the latter , as he stretch'd His arm to prop his friend , the javelin reach'd , By the fame weapon , fent from the fame hand ...
990 Lyris and Pegasus at once she flew ; The former , as the flacken'd reins he drew , Of his faint fteed : the latter , as he stretch'd His arm to prop his friend , the javelin reach'd , By the fame weapon , fent from the fame hand ...
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At this , fo faft her flying feet she sped , That soon she strain'd beyond his horse's head : Then turning fhort , at once fhe feiz'd the rein , And laid the boafter groveling on the plain . Not with more eafe the falcon from above ...
At this , fo faft her flying feet she sped , That soon she strain'd beyond his horse's head : Then turning fhort , at once fhe feiz'd the rein , And laid the boafter groveling on the plain . Not with more eafe the falcon from above ...
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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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