The Works of John Dryden: Poetical worksW. Paterson, 1889 |
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Page 61
... Troy , In rude Saturnian rhymes express their joy ; With taunts , and laughter loud , their audience please , Deformed with vizards , cut from barks of trees : In jolly hymns they praise the god of wine , Whose earthen images adorn the ...
... Troy , In rude Saturnian rhymes express their joy ; With taunts , and laughter loud , their audience please , Deformed with vizards , cut from barks of trees : In jolly hymns they praise the god of wine , Whose earthen images adorn the ...
Page 72
... Troy . Envy herself at last , grown pale and dumb ( By Cæsar combated and overcome ) , Shall give her hands , and fear the curling snakes Of lashing Furies , and the burning lakes ; The pains of famished Tantalus shall feel , And ...
... Troy . Envy herself at last , grown pale and dumb ( By Cæsar combated and overcome ) , Shall give her hands , and fear the curling snakes Of lashing Furies , and the burning lakes ; The pains of famished Tantalus shall feel , And ...
Page 136
... Troy divine , that it should arrest the attention of his hearers . Doubtless , an admirable moral may be often extracted from his poem ; because it contains an accurate picture of human nature , which can never be truly presented ...
... Troy divine , that it should arrest the attention of his hearers . Doubtless , an admirable moral may be often extracted from his poem ; because it contains an accurate picture of human nature , which can never be truly presented ...
Page 144
... Troy is left standing after all the battles which are fought about it . Our reverence for the ancients , in this and many other instances has been driven to superstitious bigotry . [ " Machining persons , " i.c. supernatural , who come ...
... Troy is left standing after all the battles which are fought about it . Our reverence for the ancients , in this and many other instances has been driven to superstitious bigotry . [ " Machining persons , " i.c. supernatural , who come ...
Page 147
... monarchy of the Emperor , not as an usurpation , but a here- ditary , though interrupted succession , from the wandering Prince of Troy . . reconcilement , he gives the good effects of unity DEDICATION OF THE ÆNEÏS . 147.
... monarchy of the Emperor , not as an usurpation , but a here- ditary , though interrupted succession , from the wandering Prince of Troy . . reconcilement , he gives the good effects of unity DEDICATION OF THE ÆNEÏS . 147.
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