Dryden: A SelectionMethuen, 1978 - 632 pages |
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Page 407
... Roman frontiers . SERAPION You seem to know him well . ALEXAS Too well . I saw him in Cilicia first , When Cleopatra there met Antony : A mortal foe he was to us , and Egypt . But , let me witness to the worth I hate , A braver Roman ...
... Roman frontiers . SERAPION You seem to know him well . ALEXAS Too well . I saw him in Cilicia first , When Cleopatra there met Antony : A mortal foe he was to us , and Egypt . But , let me witness to the worth I hate , A braver Roman ...
Page 409
... Roman see , and know him now , Thus altered from the lord of half mankind , Unbent , unsinewed , made a woman's toy , Shrunk from the vast extent of all his honours , And crampt within a corner of the world ? O Antony ! ktarch again ...
... Roman see , and know him now , Thus altered from the lord of half mankind , Unbent , unsinewed , made a woman's toy , Shrunk from the vast extent of all his honours , And crampt within a corner of the world ? O Antony ! ktarch again ...
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... Roman liberty than with a temporizing poet , a well - mannered court slave , and a man who is often afraid of laughing in the right place ; who is ever decent , because he is naturally servile . After all , Horace had the disadvantage ...
... Roman liberty than with a temporizing poet , a well - mannered court slave , and a man who is often afraid of laughing in the right place ; who is ever decent , because he is naturally servile . After all , Horace had the disadvantage ...
Contents
Upon the Death of the Lord Hastings 37 | 3 |
Heroic Stanzas to the Memory of Oliver Cromwell | 14 |
To Dr Charleton | 28 |
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action ALEXAS Ancients ANTONY appear arms bear beauty better cause characters CLEOPATRA comedy concernment court dear death DOLABELLA DORALICE Dryden English Enter eyes fate father fear fire foes follow force fortune French give hand happy haste hear heart Heav'n honour hope Italy judge kind king laws least leave LEONIDAS less live look lord lost manners means MELANTHA mind move nature never observed once pains PALAMEDE PALMYRA pass passions Persius persons pity play pleased plot poem poet poor praise prince raise reason rest RHODOPHIL rhyme Roman rule satire scene sense side soul speak stage stand sure tell thee things thou thought tragedy translation true turn VENTIDIUS verse virtue wife write young
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