The Works of John Dryden: Poetical worksW. Paterson, 1889 |
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Page 14
... trees will bear grafting on each other- Et sæpe alterius ramos impune videmus Vertere in alterius , mutatamque insita mala Ferre pyrum , et prunis lapidosa rubescere corna . Steriles platani malos gessere valentes : - Castanca fagus ...
... trees will bear grafting on each other- Et sæpe alterius ramos impune videmus Vertere in alterius , mutatamque insita mala Ferre pyrum , et prunis lapidosa rubescere corna . Steriles platani malos gessere valentes : - Castanca fagus ...
Page 15
... trees of different kinds , and took notice of that effect which had the most surprise , and by consequence the most delight in it , to express the capacity that was in them of being thus united . This way of writing is every- where much ...
... trees of different kinds , and took notice of that effect which had the most surprise , and by consequence the most delight in it , to express the capacity that was in them of being thus united . This way of writing is every- where much ...
Page 18
... trees . The last Georgic has indeed , as many metaphors , but not so daring as this ; for human thoughts and passions may be more naturally ascribed to a bee than to an inanimate plant . He who reads over the pleasures of a country life ...
... trees . The last Georgic has indeed , as many metaphors , but not so daring as this ; for human thoughts and passions may be more naturally ascribed to a bee than to an inanimate plant . He who reads over the pleasures of a country life ...
Page 24
... trees with happy fruits : A fourth , with grass unbidden , decks the ground . Thus Tmolus is with yellow saffron crowned : India black ebon and white ivory bears ; And soft Idume weeps her odorous tears . Thus Pontus sends her beaver ...
... trees with happy fruits : A fourth , with grass unbidden , decks the ground . Thus Tmolus is with yellow saffron crowned : India black ebon and white ivory bears ; And soft Idume weeps her odorous tears . Thus Pontus sends her beaver ...
Page 29
... trees their forest - fruit denied . Soon was his labour doubled to the swain , And blasting mildews blackened all his grain : Tough thistles choked the fields , and killed the corn , And an unthrifty crop of weeds was born : Then burs ...
... trees their forest - fruit denied . Soon was his labour doubled to the swain , And blasting mildews blackened all his grain : Tough thistles choked the fields , and killed the corn , And an unthrifty crop of weeds was born : Then burs ...
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