The Works of John Dryden: Poetical worksW. Paterson, 1889 |
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... born in 1634. He was a man of considerable talent and political activity ; was active in forwarding the Restoration ; and enjoyed at the court of Charles 11. several offices , but was now retired . He died in 1713. [ This was the ...
... born in 1634. He was a man of considerable talent and political activity ; was active in forwarding the Restoration ; and enjoyed at the court of Charles 11. several offices , but was now retired . He died in 1713. [ This was the ...
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... born with principles of generosity and probity ; but it adds to you , that you have cultivated nature , and made those principles the rule and measure of all your actions . The world knows this , without my telling ; yet poets have a ...
... born with principles of generosity and probity ; but it adds to you , that you have cultivated nature , and made those principles the rule and measure of all your actions . The world knows this , without my telling ; yet poets have a ...
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... born , and of an ancient family , is in the extremes of fortune , either good or bad ; for virtue and descent are no inheritance . A long series of ancestors shows the native with great advantage at the first ; but if he any way de ...
... born , and of an ancient family , is in the extremes of fortune , either good or bad ; for virtue and descent are no inheritance . A long series of ancestors shows the native with great advantage at the first ; but if he any way de ...
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... born to a plentiful estate , and is ambitious of offices at court , sets a stake to Fortune , which she can seldom answer . If he gains nothing he loses all , or part of what was once his own ; and if he gets , he cannot be certain but ...
... born to a plentiful estate , and is ambitious of offices at court , sets a stake to Fortune , which she can seldom answer . If he gains nothing he loses all , or part of what was once his own ; and if he gets , he cannot be certain but ...
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... born . 95 Then borrow part of winter for thy corn ; And early , with thy team , the glebe in furrows turn ; That , while the turf lies open and unbound , Succeeding suns may bake the mellow ground . But , if the soil be barren , only ...
... born . 95 Then borrow part of winter for thy corn ; And early , with thy team , the glebe in furrows turn ; That , while the turf lies open and unbound , Succeeding suns may bake the mellow ground . But , if the soil be barren , only ...
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