Dryden: A SelectionMethuen, 1978 - 632 pages |
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... rule his own : Recov'ring hardly what he lost before , His right endears it much , his purchase more . Inured to suffer ere he came to reign , No rash procedure will his actions stain . To bus'ness ripened by digestive thought , 65 ...
... rule his own : Recov'ring hardly what he lost before , His right endears it much , his purchase more . Inured to suffer ere he came to reign , No rash procedure will his actions stain . To bus'ness ripened by digestive thought , 65 ...
Page 129
... rule had never known , Were to themselves both rule and law alone : To Nature's plain indictment they shall plead , And by their conscience be condemned or freed . Most righteous doom ! because a rule revealed Is none to those from whom ...
... rule had never known , Were to themselves both rule and law alone : To Nature's plain indictment they shall plead , And by their conscience be condemned or freed . Most righteous doom ! because a rule revealed Is none to those from whom ...
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... rule of time , how well it has been observed by the Ancients , most of their plays will witness ; you see them in their tragedies ( wherein to follow this rule is certainly most difficult ) from the very beginning of their plays ...
... rule of time , how well it has been observed by the Ancients , most of their plays will witness ; you see them in their tragedies ( wherein to follow this rule is certainly most difficult ) from the very beginning of their plays ...
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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Elations: The Poetics of Enthusiasm in Eighteenth-century Britain Shaun Irlam No preview available - 1999 |