The Works of John Dryden: Dramatic worksPaterson, 1882 - English literature |
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... person . It is true , that the military art had been changed in this particular long before the days of Dryden . Complete armour was generally laid aside ; fire - arms had superseded the use of the lance and battle - axe ; and , above ...
... person . It is true , that the military art had been changed in this particular long before the days of Dryden . Complete armour was generally laid aside ; fire - arms had superseded the use of the lance and battle - axe ; and , above ...
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... person lately arrived from Africa , who has rendered valuable assistance to the Moors in their combat with the Spaniards . The king thereupon apologises , and Almanzor addresses much outrageous language to the factions . is successful ...
... person lately arrived from Africa , who has rendered valuable assistance to the Moors in their combat with the Spaniards . The king thereupon apologises , and Almanzor addresses much outrageous language to the factions . is successful ...
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... persons , whose characters have , for the most part , been the guides and patterns of their imitation ; and poets , while they imitate , instruct . The feigned hero inflames the true ; and the dead virtue ani- mates the living . Since ...
... persons , whose characters have , for the most part , been the guides and patterns of their imitation ; and poets , while they imitate , instruct . The feigned hero inflames the true ; and the dead virtue ani- mates the living . Since ...
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... person , you were a conqueror . It is true , they afterwards recovered courage ; and wrested that victory from others which they had lost to you ; and it was a greater action for them to rally , than it was to overcome . Thus , by the ...
... person , you were a conqueror . It is true , they afterwards recovered courage ; and wrested that victory from others which they had lost to you ; and it was a greater action for them to rally , than it was to overcome . Thus , by the ...
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... persons are eminent the characters which Homer has given us of heroic virtue ; the commanding part in Agamemnon , and the exe- cutive in Achilles . And I doubt not from both your actions , but to have abundant matter to fill the annals ...
... persons are eminent the characters which Homer has given us of heroic virtue ; the commanding part in Agamemnon , and the exe- cutive in Achilles . And I doubt not from both your actions , but to have abundant matter to fill the annals ...
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