The Works of John Dryden: Dramatic worksPaterson, 1882 |
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... fool as I , was observed to discipline his body no further than he found he could endure the smart . You see , sir , I am not entertaining you like Ovid , with a lamentable epistle from Pontus : I suffer no more than I can easily ...
... fool as I , was observed to discipline his body no further than he found he could endure the smart . You see , sir , I am not entertaining you like Ovid , with a lamentable epistle from Pontus : I suffer no more than I can easily ...
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... to submit ; Our sex is still your overmatch in wit : We never fail , with new , successful arts , To make fine fools of you , and all your parts . DRAMATIS PERSONÆ . JUPITER . MERCURY . PHOEBUS . AMPHITRYON PROLOGUE . 13.
... to submit ; Our sex is still your overmatch in wit : We never fail , with new , successful arts , To make fine fools of you , and all your parts . DRAMATIS PERSONÆ . JUPITER . MERCURY . PHOEBUS . AMPHITRYON PROLOGUE . 13.
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... fools of heaven , Whose wit lies in their anvil and their sword , Know full as much as I. Merc . And Venus may know more than both of us ; For ' tis some petticoat affair , I guess . I have discharged my duty , which was , to sum- mon ...
... fools of heaven , Whose wit lies in their anvil and their sword , Know full as much as I. Merc . And Venus may know more than both of us ; For ' tis some petticoat affair , I guess . I have discharged my duty , which was , to sum- mon ...
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... fool ! Learn this : If thou couldst comprehend my ways , Then thou wert Jove , not I ; yet thus far know , That , for the good of humankind , this night I shall beget a future Hercules , Who shall redress the wrongs of injured mortals ...
... fool ! Learn this : If thou couldst comprehend my ways , Then thou wert Jove , not I ; yet thus far know , That , for the good of humankind , this night I shall beget a future Hercules , Who shall redress the wrongs of injured mortals ...
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... be eloquent , in love . Brom . [ To PHÆDRA . ] My lord is very hot upon it : this absence is a great friend to us poor neglected wives ; it makes us new again . Alc . I am the fool of love ; and 28 ACT I. AMPHITRYON .
... be eloquent , in love . Brom . [ To PHÆDRA . ] My lord is very hot upon it : this absence is a great friend to us poor neglected wives ; it makes us new again . Alc . I am the fool of love ; and 28 ACT I. AMPHITRYON .
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