The Works of John Dryden: Dramatic worksPaterson, 1882 |
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... once , awarded to Molière . For , though Dryden had the advantage of the French author's labours , from which , and from Plautus , he has translated liberally , the wretched taste of the age has induced him to lard the piece with ...
... once , awarded to Molière . For , though Dryden had the advantage of the French author's labours , from which , and from Plautus , he has translated liberally , the wretched taste of the age has induced him to lard the piece with ...
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... once past , She shall be his again . Merc . Here's omnipotence with a vengeance ! to make a man a cuckold , and yet not to do him wrong ! Then I find , father Jupiter , that when you made fate , you had the wit to contrive a holiday for ...
... once past , She shall be his again . Merc . Here's omnipotence with a vengeance ! to make a man a cuckold , and yet not to do him wrong ! Then I find , father Jupiter , that when you made fate , you had the wit to contrive a holiday for ...
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... once , is on himself employed . Let unregarded altars smoke in vain ; And let my subjects praise me , or complain : Yet if , betwixt my intervals of bliss , Some amorous youth his orisons * address , His prayer is in a happy hour ...
... once , is on himself employed . Let unregarded altars smoke in vain ; And let my subjects praise me , or complain : Yet if , betwixt my intervals of bliss , Some amorous youth his orisons * address , His prayer is in a happy hour ...
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... once for all ; for , if I praise them before I am safe within - doors , some damned mastiff dog may come out and worry me ; and then my thanks are thrown away upon them . Merc . [ Aside . ] Thou art a wicked rogue , and wilt have thy ...
... once for all ; for , if I praise them before I am safe within - doors , some damned mastiff dog may come out and worry me ; and then my thanks are thrown away upon them . Merc . [ Aside . ] Thou art a wicked rogue , and wilt have thy ...
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... once more , whither are you going ? Sos . Why I am going as fast as I can , to get out of the reach of your clutches . Let me but only knock at that door there . Merc . What business have you at that door , sirrah ? Sos . This is our ...
... once more , whither are you going ? Sos . Why I am going as fast as I can , to get out of the reach of your clutches . Let me but only knock at that door there . Merc . What business have you at that door , sirrah ? Sos . This is our ...
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