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Page 72
... present in this passage from Absalom and Achitophel : Woud David have you thought his Darling Son ? What means he then , to Alienate the Crown ? The name of Godly he may blush to bear : ' Tis after God's own heart to Cheat his Heir . He ...
... present in this passage from Absalom and Achitophel : Woud David have you thought his Darling Son ? What means he then , to Alienate the Crown ? The name of Godly he may blush to bear : ' Tis after God's own heart to Cheat his Heir . He ...
Page 170
... present , seeing ironically how the past might rise in the present ; usually it must be done mockingly , but not always , as Dryden himself shows in Absalom and Achi- tophel . The problem arises in Threnodia Augustalis because the poet ...
... present , seeing ironically how the past might rise in the present ; usually it must be done mockingly , but not always , as Dryden himself shows in Absalom and Achi- tophel . The problem arises in Threnodia Augustalis because the poet ...
Page 171
... present age with past grandeur need not be ironical . The parallels seemed sufficient and he had the will both to see and not to see as convenience required : Oh Happy Age ! Oh times like those alone By Fate reserv'd for Great Augustus ...
... present age with past grandeur need not be ironical . The parallels seemed sufficient and he had the will both to see and not to see as convenience required : Oh Happy Age ! Oh times like those alone By Fate reserv'd for Great Augustus ...
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