Poems and Prose of John DrydenPenguin Books, 1955 - 356 pages |
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... desires : The good Old Cause revived a Plot requires . Plots , true or false , are necessary things To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings . 1. Charles II was crowned King in Scotland in 1651 but not in England until 1661 ; therefore ...
... desires : The good Old Cause revived a Plot requires . Plots , true or false , are necessary things To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings . 1. Charles II was crowned King in Scotland in 1651 but not in England until 1661 ; therefore ...
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... desire possessed ; Love stood the siege and would not yield his breast . Change was the next , but change deceived ... desires he went : With large expense , and with a pompous train Provided , as to visit France or Spain , Or for some ...
... desire possessed ; Love stood the siege and would not yield his breast . Change was the next , but change deceived ... desires he went : With large expense , and with a pompous train Provided , as to visit France or Spain , Or for some ...
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John Dryden, Douglas Grant. INDAMORA . Oh , I desire to die ; but dare not yet . Give me some respite , I'll discharge the debt . Without my Aureng - Zebe I would not live . NOURMAHAL . Thine , traitress ! thine ! that word has winged ...
John Dryden, Douglas Grant. INDAMORA . Oh , I desire to die ; but dare not yet . Give me some respite , I'll discharge the debt . Without my Aureng - Zebe I would not live . NOURMAHAL . Thine , traitress ! thine ! that word has winged ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
PROLOGUE TO THE TEMPEST 1670 | 97 |
PROLOGUE AND EPILOGUE TO THE UNIVERSITY | 104 |
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Absalom ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL Achitophel ancients ARIMANT Aristotle arms AURENG-ZEBE beauty Ben Jonson betwixt blank verse blessed Chaucer CHAWN comedy crime Crites crowd crown cursed dare David death DIANET disdain Dryden Edmund Berry Godfrey EMPEROR English Eugenius ev'n ev'ry eyes fame fate father fear foes fortune French give grace hate heart heav'n honour humour INDAMORA Jebusites Jonson judgement kind King laws Lisideius live Lord Mac Flecknoe MELESINDA mind MORAT muse nature ne'er never NOURMAHAL numbers o'er Ovid pains passion peace pity play pleasure Plot poem poesy poet Popish Plot pow'r praise prince reason reign rhyme Sanhedrin satire scene sense Shadwell Shadwell's Shakespeare shun Silent Woman soul speak stage thee Thomas Shadwell thou thought throne Titus Oates tragedy truth twas Virgil virtue words writ write youth