The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes. Illustrated with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author, Volume 9William Miller, 1808 - English literature |
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... hopes of justice and liberty returning with the lawful king . The tone of praise , which Dryden has adopted , exhibits his usual felicity . There do not here occur any of these rants about the antiquity of the royal line , † and the ...
... hopes of justice and liberty returning with the lawful king . The tone of praise , which Dryden has adopted , exhibits his usual felicity . There do not here occur any of these rants about the antiquity of the royal line , † and the ...
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... hope and expectation of their future happi- ness . The poet was perhaps sensible , that the claim of loyal me- rit was rather new in his family and person , and ought not there- fore to be expressed with the extravagant colouring of the ...
... hope and expectation of their future happi- ness . The poet was perhaps sensible , that the claim of loyal me- rit was rather new in his family and person , and ought not there- fore to be expressed with the extravagant colouring of the ...
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... hope their bold attempt , Who ruined crowns , would coronets exempt : For when , by their designing leaders taught To strike at power , which for themselves they sought , The vulgar , gulled into rebellion , armed , Their blood to ...
... hope their bold attempt , Who ruined crowns , would coronets exempt : For when , by their designing leaders taught To strike at power , which for themselves they sought , The vulgar , gulled into rebellion , armed , Their blood to ...
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... hope prevent , But stayed , and suffered fortune to repent . These virtues Galba in a stranger sought , And Piso to adopted empire brought . How shall I then my doubtful thoughts express , That must his sufferings both regret and bless ...
... hope prevent , But stayed , and suffered fortune to repent . These virtues Galba in a stranger sought , And Piso to adopted empire brought . How shall I then my doubtful thoughts express , That must his sufferings both regret and bless ...
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... hopes alone , Create that joy , but full fruition : We know those blessings , which we must possess And judge of future by past happiness . No promise can oblige a prince so much Still to be good , as long to have been such . A noble ...
... hopes alone , Create that joy , but full fruition : We know those blessings , which we must possess And judge of future by past happiness . No promise can oblige a prince so much Still to be good , as long to have been such . A noble ...
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Page 80 - And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
Page 271 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 202 - With public zeal to cancel private crimes: How safe is treason and how sacred ill, Where none can sin against the people's will ! Where crowds can wink, and no offence be known, Since in another's guilt they find their own. Yet fame deserved, no enemy can grudge; The statesman we abhor, but praise the judge. In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean; Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to redress, Swift of despatch, and easy of access.
Page 50 - And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock : and it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: and I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts : but my face shall not be seen.
Page 50 - And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty...
Page 246 - tis to rule; for that's a monarch's end. They call my tenderness of blood, my fear: Though manly tempers can the longest bear.
Page 194 - But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
Page 190 - And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
Page 218 - Promiscuous use of concubine and bride ; Then Israel's monarch after heaven's own heart, His vigorous warmth did variously impart To wives and slaves ; and wide as his command, Scatter'd his Maker's image through the land.
Page 223 - In friendship false, implacable in hate, Resolved to ruin or to rule the state...