Dryden: A SelectionMethuen, 1978 - 632 pages |
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Page 124
... reason in religious matters . Dryden is glad to oppose the use of reason to partisan fervour or religious enthusiasm . However , Religio Laici is scrupulous in acknowledging the limitations of reason in matters of faith . In the Preface ...
... reason in religious matters . Dryden is glad to oppose the use of reason to partisan fervour or religious enthusiasm . However , Religio Laici is scrupulous in acknowledging the limitations of reason in matters of faith . In the Preface ...
Page 125
... Reason to the soul : and as on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky , Not light us here ; so Reason's glimmering ray Was lent , not to assure our doubtful way , But guide us upward to a better day . And as those nightly tapers ...
... Reason to the soul : and as on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky , Not light us here ; so Reason's glimmering ray Was lent , not to assure our doubtful way , But guide us upward to a better day . And as those nightly tapers ...
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... reason might render him more wary another time , and make him punish himself with harder fare and coarser clothes to get it up again ; but that he should look upon it as a judgment , and so repent , we may expect to hear of in a sermon ...
... reason might render him more wary another time , and make him punish himself with harder fare and coarser clothes to get it up again ; but that he should look upon it as a judgment , and so repent , we may expect to hear of in a sermon ...
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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