The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volume 11A. Constable & Company, 1821 |
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... thine . } The moral of the " Wives ' Excuse " is as bad as possible ; but the language of the play is free from that broad licence which disgraces the dramatic taste of the age . Nokes was then famous for parts of low humour . Cibber ...
... thine . } The moral of the " Wives ' Excuse " is as bad as possible ; but the language of the play is free from that broad licence which disgraces the dramatic taste of the age . Nokes was then famous for parts of low humour . Cibber ...
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... thine . dle size , his voice clear and audible , his natural countenance grave and sober ; but the moment he spoke , the settled seriousness of his features was utterly discharged , and a dry , drolling , or laugh- ing levity , took ...
... thine . dle size , his voice clear and audible , his natural countenance grave and sober ; but the moment he spoke , the settled seriousness of his features was utterly discharged , and a dry , drolling , or laugh- ing levity , took ...
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... thine . With better grace an ancient chief may yield The long contended honours of the field , Than venture all his fortune at a cast , And fight , like Hannibal , to lose at last . Young princes , obstinate to win the prize , Though ...
... thine . With better grace an ancient chief may yield The long contended honours of the field , Than venture all his fortune at a cast , And fight , like Hannibal , to lose at last . Young princes , obstinate to win the prize , Though ...
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... thine was all the glory , theirs the gains . With length of time , much judgment , and more toil , Not ill they acted what they could not spoil . Their setting sun still shoots a glimmering ray , Like ancient Rome , majestic in decay ...
... thine was all the glory , theirs the gains . With length of time , much judgment , and more toil , Not ill they acted what they could not spoil . Their setting sun still shoots a glimmering ray , Like ancient Rome , majestic in decay ...
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... thine , Vouchsafe this picture of thy soul to see ; ' Tis so far good , as it resembles thee ; The beauties to the original I owe , Which when I miss , my own defects I show . Nor think the kindred muses thy disgrace ; A poet is not ...
... thine , Vouchsafe this picture of thy soul to see ; ' Tis so far good , as it resembles thee ; The beauties to the original I owe , Which when I miss , my own defects I show . Nor think the kindred muses thy disgrace ; A poet is not ...
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Page 187 - Those are Grecian ghosts, that in battle were slain, And, unburied, remain Inglorious on the plain : Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew. Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods.
Page 167 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Page 189 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother- wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies, She drew an angel down.
Page 160 - THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two.
Page 185 - Flush'd with a purple grace, He shows his honest face; Now give the hautboys breath: he comes! he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain ; Bacchus...
Page 215 - I wol yow telle a tale which that I Lerned at Padowe of a worthy clerk, As preved by his wordes and his werk. He is now deed and nayled in his cheste, I prey to god so yeve his soule reste.
Page 219 - In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer or the Romans Virgil.
Page 168 - Excites us to arms With shrill notes of anger And mortal alarms. The double double double beat Of the thundering drum Cries, hark ! the foes come ; Charge, charge, 'tis too late to retreat.
Page 170 - GRAND CHORUS. As from the power of sacred lays The spheres began to move, And sung the great Creator's praise To all the blest above : So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky.
Page 191 - But, oh, inflame and fire our hearts ! Our frailties help, our vice control, Submit the senses to the soul; And when rebellious they are grown, Then lay thy hand, and hold them down. Chase from our minds the infernal foe, And peace, the fruit of Love, bestow ; And lest our feet should step astray, Protect and guide us in the way.