Dryden's SatireMacmillan, 1966 - 182 pages |
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Page 65
... Truth but Probability . Even Arius and Pelagius durst provoke To what the Centuries preceding spoke . Such difference is there in an oft - told Tale ; But Truth by its own Sinews will prevail . Tradition written therefore more commends ...
... Truth but Probability . Even Arius and Pelagius durst provoke To what the Centuries preceding spoke . Such difference is there in an oft - told Tale ; But Truth by its own Sinews will prevail . Tradition written therefore more commends ...
Page 87
... truth in dreams from melancholy fumes : Perhaps the Martin , hous'd in holy ground , Might think of Ghosts that walk their midnight round , Till grosser atoms , tumbling in the stream Of fancy , madly met and clubb'd into a dream . As ...
... truth in dreams from melancholy fumes : Perhaps the Martin , hous'd in holy ground , Might think of Ghosts that walk their midnight round , Till grosser atoms , tumbling in the stream Of fancy , madly met and clubb'd into a dream . As ...
Page 92
... Truth which he inculcates . THE JUSTIFICATION FOR PERSONAL SATIRE 40 In a word , that former sort of Satire , which is known in Eng- land by the Name of Lampoon , is a dangerous sort of Weapon , and for the most part Unlawful . We have ...
... Truth which he inculcates . THE JUSTIFICATION FOR PERSONAL SATIRE 40 In a word , that former sort of Satire , which is known in Eng- land by the Name of Lampoon , is a dangerous sort of Weapon , and for the most part Unlawful . We have ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION TO Absalom | xlvii |
TIME CHART | lv |
Copyright | |
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