The Works of John Dryden: Dramatic worksW. Paterson, 1882 - English literature |
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... reason . In the Grand Cyrus , Artamenes , upon a moderate computation , exterminates with his own hand , in the course of the work , at least a hundred thousand fighting men . These monstrous fictions , however , constituted the ...
... reason . In the Grand Cyrus , Artamenes , upon a moderate computation , exterminates with his own hand , in the course of the work , at least a hundred thousand fighting men . These monstrous fictions , however , constituted the ...
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... reason to question his having merited the compliment in the text . The Duke of Buckingham , in his memoirs , has borne witness to the intrepidity with which he encountered the dangers of his desperate naval actions with the Dutch ...
... reason to question his having merited the compliment in the text . The Duke of Buckingham , in his memoirs , has borne witness to the intrepidity with which he encountered the dangers of his desperate naval actions with the Dutch ...
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... reason to stand to the award of my enemies , so neither dare I trust the partiality of my friends : I make my last appeal to your royal highness , as to a sovereign tribunal . Heroes should only be judged by heroes ; because they only ...
... reason to stand to the award of my enemies , so neither dare I trust the partiality of my friends : I make my last appeal to your royal highness , as to a sovereign tribunal . Heroes should only be judged by heroes ; because they only ...
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... reason , thinks to imply a contradiction ) , or that they are a thinner or more aërial sort of bodies ( as some of the fathers have conjectured ) , may better be explicated by poets than by philosophers or divines . For their ...
... reason , thinks to imply a contradiction ) , or that they are a thinner or more aërial sort of bodies ( as some of the fathers have conjectured ) , may better be explicated by poets than by philosophers or divines . For their ...
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... reason to be satisfied , and to suffer with patience all that can be urged against it . For , otherwise , what can be more easy for me , than to defend the character of Almanzor , which is one great exception that is made against the ...
... reason to be satisfied , and to suffer with patience all that can be urged against it . For , otherwise , what can be more easy for me , than to defend the character of Almanzor , which is one great exception that is made against the ...
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