The Poetical Works of John Dryden, 2. köideLittle, Brown, & Company; Shepard, Clark & Brown, 1859 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 41
Page 17
... better man : And thy hot father , waving my respect , Not of a mother church but of a sect . And such he needs must be of thy inditing , This comes of drinking asses ' milk and writing . If Balack should be call'd to leave his place ...
... better man : And thy hot father , waving my respect , Not of a mother church but of a sect . And such he needs must be of thy inditing , This comes of drinking asses ' milk and writing . If Balack should be call'd to leave his place ...
Page 51
... better is not to be had . Yet for your comfort the lineaments are true ; and though he sat not five times to me , as he did to B. , yet I have consulted history , as the Italian painters do , when they would draw a Nero , or a Caligula ...
... better is not to be had . Yet for your comfort the lineaments are true ; and though he sat not five times to me , as he did to B. , yet I have consulted history , as the Italian painters do , when they would draw a Nero , or a Caligula ...
Page 72
... better informed , is of too hard a digestion for my charity . ' Tis not that I am ignorant how many several texts of Scripture seemingly sup- port that cause ; but neither am I ignorant how all those texts may receive a kinder , and ...
... better informed , is of too hard a digestion for my charity . ' Tis not that I am ignorant how many several texts of Scripture seemingly sup- port that cause ; but neither am I ignorant how all those texts may receive a kinder , and ...
Page 76
... better had it been for the English nation , that it had still remained in the original Greek and Hebrew , or at least in the honest Latin of St. Je- rome , than that several texts in it should have prevaricated to the destruction of ...
... better had it been for the English nation , that it had still remained in the original Greek and Hebrew , or at least in the honest Latin of St. Je- rome , than that several texts in it should have prevaricated to the destruction of ...
Page 80
... 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 . Some few , whose lamps shone brighter ...
... 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 . Some few , whose lamps shone brighter ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL Achitophel ¯sop ALPHEUS FELCH Amyntas Arius betwixt blessing blest blood breast cause charity charms Church common conscience COUNTESS OF ABINGDON crimes crowd crown crown'd Curtana dare David's defence design'd divine doctrine Duke Duke of York e'en Earl Eliab Elkanah Settle EPISTLE eyes faction faith fame fate fear foes forc'd give grace hand happy hast heaven Hebron Hind honour Jebusites kind king land laws liv'd live Lord mighty mind muse ne'er never numbers o'er once Orig Panther Papists peace penal laws Phaleg pious plain pleas'd plot poem poets Popish Plot praise pretend pride prince promis'd prophet race rage reason rebel reign religion rest royal sacred satire Scripture sects sense Shadwell soul sure sway Tetragrammaton thee thou thought throne toil true trust truth Twas UNIV verse virtue wise writ youth zeal
Popular passages
Page 238 - Nay, let thy men of wit, too, be the same, All full of thee, and differing but in name. But let no alien Sedley interpose, To lard with wit thy hungry Epsom prose.
Page 126 - But, gracious God ! how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ! Thy throne is darkness in the' abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight.
Page 267 - tis impossible you should proceed. Already I am worn with cares and age, And just abandoning the ungrateful stage : Unprofitably kept at Heaven's expense, I live a rent-charge on His providence : But you, whom every Muse and grace adorn, Whom I foresee to better fortune born. Be kind to my remains; and oh, defend, Against your judgment, your departed friend! Let not the insulting foe my fame pursue, But shade those laurels which descend to you : And take for tribute what these lines express; You...
Page 87 - ... goodness can Extend the merits of that Son to man ? Who knows what reasons may his mercy lead, Or ignorance invincible may plead ? Not only charity bids hope the best, But more the great apostle has...
Page 233 - Through all the realms of Nonsense, absolute. This aged prince, now flourishing in peace, And blest with issue of a large increase...
Page 288 - Still showed a quickness; and maturing time But mellows what we write to the dull sweets of rhyme. Once more, hail, and farewell; farewell, thou young, But ah, too short, Marcellus of our tongue! Thy brows with ivy and with laurels bound; But fate and gloomy night encompass thee around.
Page 126 - Follow'd false lights; and when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame. Good life be now my task; my doubts are done: What more could fright my faith, than Three in One?
Page 233 - Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he Who stands confirm'd in full stupidity : The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense.
Page 240 - In thy felonious heart though venom lies It does but touch thy Irish pen, and dies.* Thy genius calls thee not to purchase fame In keen iambics, but mild anagram. Leave writing plays, and choose for thy command Some peaceful province in acrostic land: There thou mayest wings display and altars raise,* And torture one poor word ten thousand ways.
Page 238 - Amen'. Then thus continued he, 'My son, advance Still in new impudence, new ignorance. Success let others teach, learn thou from me Pangs without birth, and fruitless industry. Let Virtuosos in five years be writ; Yet not one thought accuse thy toil of wit.