The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volume 10A. Constable & Company, 1821 |
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... Notes , . The Hind and the Panther , a Poem , in Three Parts , Preface , · Notes on Part I. Part II . • Notes on Part II . Part III . • Notes on Part III . PAGE . 1 11 53 · 79 85 . 109 139 • 159 • 185 195 240 • Britannia Rediviva , a ...
... Notes , . The Hind and the Panther , a Poem , in Three Parts , Preface , · Notes on Part I. Part II . • Notes on Part II . Part III . • Notes on Part III . PAGE . 1 11 53 · 79 85 . 109 139 • 159 • 185 195 240 • Britannia Rediviva , a ...
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... Note V. + Alluding to the Duke's banishment to Flanders . See note on " Absalom and Achitophel , " Vol . IX . p . 384 . The testament of King David , by which he bequeathed to his son the charge of executing vengeance on those enemies ...
... Note V. + Alluding to the Duke's banishment to Flanders . See note on " Absalom and Achitophel , " Vol . IX . p . 384 . The testament of King David , by which he bequeathed to his son the charge of executing vengeance on those enemies ...
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... Ocean rears his reverend head , To view and recognize his ancient Lord again ; And , with a willing hand , restores The fasces of the main . * Note VIII . NOTES ON THRENODIA AUGUSTALIS . Note I. An unexpected burst .78 THRENODIA AUGUSTALIS ...
... Ocean rears his reverend head , To view and recognize his ancient Lord again ; And , with a willing hand , restores The fasces of the main . * Note VIII . NOTES ON THRENODIA AUGUSTALIS . Note I. An unexpected burst .78 THRENODIA AUGUSTALIS ...
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Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes John Dryden, Walter Scott. NOTES ON THRENODIA AUGUSTALIS . Note I. An unexpected burst of woes.-P. 62 . The Charles II . enjoyed excellent health , and was particularly care- ful to preserve it by ...
Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes John Dryden, Walter Scott. NOTES ON THRENODIA AUGUSTALIS . Note I. An unexpected burst of woes.-P. 62 . The Charles II . enjoyed excellent health , and was particularly care- ful to preserve it by ...
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... Note IV . And he who most perform'd , and promised less , Even Short himself , forsook the unequal strife . — P . 67 . Dr Thomas Short , an eminent physician , who came into the court practice when Dr Richard Lower , who formerly ...
... Note IV . And he who most perform'd , and promised less , Even Short himself , forsook the unequal strife . — P . 67 . Dr Thomas Short , an eminent physician , who came into the court practice when Dr Richard Lower , who formerly ...
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Page 151 - The Body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten, in the Supper, only after an heavenly and spiritual manner. And the mean whereby the Body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper is Faith.
Page 418 - Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone of all my sons is he Who stands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day.
Page 145 - Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut, where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Page 151 - Gainst form and order they their power employ, Nothing to build and all things to destroy. But far more numerous was the herd of such Who think too little and who talk too much. These out of mere instinct, they knew not why, Adored their fathers...
Page 238 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the LORD'S sake, whether it be to the King as supreme, or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 421 - This is thy province, this thy wondrous way, New humours to invent for each new play : This is that boasted bias of thy mind, By which, one way, to dulness 'tis inclined: Which makes thy writings lean on one side still, And, in all changes, that way bends thy will.
Page 41 - Whence but from Heaven could men, unskilled in arts, In several ages born, in several parts, Weave such agreeing truths? or how or why Should all conspire to cheat us with a lie? Unasked their pains, ungrateful their advice, Starving their gain and martyrdom their price.
Page 15 - WHOSOEVER will be saved : before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic Faith. Which Faith, except every one do keep whole and undefiled : without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.
Page 421 - Of his dominion may no end be known, And greater than his father's be his throne ; Beyond Love's Kingdom let him stretch his pen !' — He paused, and all the people cried, ' Amen,' Then thus continued he : ' My son, advance Still in new impudence, new ignorance.
Page 37 - Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear, When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere ; So pale grows Reason at Religion's sight ; So dies, and so dissolves in supernatural light.