The Works of John Dryden: Poetical worksW. Paterson, 1889 |
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... force . In my small observations of mankind , I have ever found , that such as are not rather too full of spirit when they are young , degenerate to dulness in their age . Sobriety in our riper years is the effect of a well - concocted ...
... force . In my small observations of mankind , I have ever found , that such as are not rather too full of spirit when they are young , degenerate to dulness in their age . Sobriety in our riper years is the effect of a well - concocted ...
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... force , but naturally rise out of the principal argument and design of the poem . I know no one digression in the Georgics that may seem to contradict this observation , besides that in the latter end of the First Book , where the poet ...
... force , but naturally rise out of the principal argument and design of the poem . I know no one digression in the Georgics that may seem to contradict this observation , besides that in the latter end of the First Book , where the poet ...
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... force of love is repre- sented in noble instances and very sublime expressions . Scythian winter - piece appears so very cold and bleak to the eye , that a man can scarce look on it without shivering . The murrain , at the end , has all ...
... force of love is repre- sented in noble instances and very sublime expressions . Scythian winter - piece appears so very cold and bleak to the eye , that a man can scarce look on it without shivering . The murrain , at the end , has all ...
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... force : Pity the poet's and the ploughman's cares ; Interest thy greatness in our mean affairs , And use thyself betimes to hear ( and grant ) our prayers . While yet the spring is young , while earth unbinds . Her frozen bosom to the ...
... force : Pity the poet's and the ploughman's cares ; Interest thy greatness in our mean affairs , And use thyself betimes to hear ( and grant ) our prayers . While yet the spring is young , while earth unbinds . Her frozen bosom to the ...
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... force the veins of clashing flints t'expire The lurking seeds of their celestial fire . Then first on seas the hollowed alder swam ; Then sailors quartered heaven , and found a name For every fixed and every wandering star- The Pleiads ...
... force the veins of clashing flints t'expire The lurking seeds of their celestial fire . Then first on seas the hollowed alder swam ; Then sailors quartered heaven , and found a name For every fixed and every wandering star- The Pleiads ...
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