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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes - Page 325
by John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821
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The Busy Body: A Comedy

Susanna Centlivre - 1797 - 462 pages
...swift an ebb the flood drove backward, It slipt from underneath the scaly herd : Here monstrous phocae panted on the shore, Forsaken dolphins there with...broad tails Lay lashing the departing waves, hard by 'em Bij Sea-horses flound'ring in the slimy mi' Toss'd up their heads, and dash'd ih"»ze about 'em....
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Bell's British Theatre, Volume 16

John Bell - English drama - 1797 - 458 pages
...swift an ebb the flood drove backward, It slipt from underneath the scaly herd : Here monstrous phocae panted on the shore, Forsaken dolphins there with...broad tails Lay lashing the departing waves, hard by "em Sea-horses flound'ring in the slimy mud Toss'd up their heads, and dash'd the ooze about 'em. Enter...
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The British Drama: pt. 1-2. Tragedies

English drama - 1804 - 510 pages
...swift an ebb the flood drove backward, It slipt from underneath the scaly herd : Here monstrous phocie panted on the shore ; Forsaken dolphins there, with...lashing the departing waves ; hard by them Sea-horses, floundering in the slimy mud, Tossed up their heads, and dashed the ooze abonl them. Enter ALENAS behind...
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The British drama, Volume 1

British drama - 1804 - 946 pages
...swift on ebb the flood drove backward, It slipt from underneath the scaly herd : Here monstrous phoca- panted on the shore ; Forsaken dolphins there, with...lashing the departing waves ; hard by them Sea-horses, floundering in the slimy mud, Tossed up their heads, and dashed the ooze about them. Enter ALEXAS behind...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...seem very different. By the seahorse Dryden means probably the hippopotamus. Stalicrtei, flound'rinz in the slimy mud, Toss'd up their heads, and dash'd the ooze about 'em. Dryden. SE'AM AI D. ns [sea and maid.'] Mermaid. Certain stars shot from their spheres, To hear...
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The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the ...

Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 410 pages
...swift an ebb the flood drove backward, It slipt from underneath the scaly herd : Here monstrous phocae panted on the shore, Forsaken dolphins there, with...ALEXAS behind them, Myr. Avert these omens, Heaven ! Ser. Last night, between the hours of twelve an& A whirlwind rose, that with a violent blast Shook...
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Rule a Wife and Have a Wife: A Comedy in Five Acts

John Fletcher, David Garrick - 1808 - 410 pages
...swift an ebb the flood drove backward, It slipt from underneath the scaly herd : Here monstrous phocae panted on the shore, Forsaken dolphins there, with...Enter ALEXAS behind them. Myr. Avert these omens, Heav'n ! Ser. Last night, between the hours of twelve and one, In a lone aisle o'the temple while I...
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The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the ...

Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 416 pages
...swift an ebb the flood drove backward, It slipt from underneath the scaly herd : Here monstrous phocae panted on the shore, Forsaken dolphins there, with...Enter ALEXAS behind them. Myr. Avert these omens, Heav'n ! Ser. Last night, between the hours of twelve and one, In a lone aisle o'the temple while I...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Volume 5

John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 436 pages
...swift an ebb the flood drove backward, It slipt from underneath the scaly herd : Here monstrous phocoe panted on the shore; Forsaken dolphins there/ with...hard by them, Sea-horses floundring in the slimy mud, Tossed up their heads, arid dashed the ooze about them. Enter ALEX AS behind them. Myr. Avert these...
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The modern British drama, Volume 1

British drama - 1811 - 712 pages
...swift an ebb the flood drove backward, It slipt from underneath the scaly herd : Here monstrous phocae panted on the shore ; Forsaken dolphins there, with...lashing the departing waves ; hard by "them Sea-horses, floundering in the slimy mud, Tossed up their heeds, tad dashed the оояе about tnetai. Enter AM...
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