The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volumen6A. Constable & Company, 1821 |
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... he so much exposed the keeping part of the town , that the play was stopt when it had but thrice appeared on the stage ; but the * Reasons for Mr Bayes changing his religion , p . 24 . author took a becoming care , that the things that 9.
... he so much exposed the keeping part of the town , that the play was stopt when it had but thrice appeared on the stage ; but the * Reasons for Mr Bayes changing his religion , p . 24 . author took a becoming care , that the things that 9.
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... things that offended on the stage , were either altered or omitted in the press . One of our modern writers , in a short satire against keeping , concludes thus : " Dryden , good man , thought keepers to reclaim , Writ a kind satire ...
... things that offended on the stage , were either altered or omitted in the press . One of our modern writers , in a short satire against keeping , concludes thus : " Dryden , good man , thought keepers to reclaim , Writ a kind satire ...
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... thing As the great Iliad , scarce could make me sing ; Except I justly could at once commend A good companion , and as firm a friend ; One moral , or a mere well - natured deed , Does all desert in sciences exceed . Thus prose may be ...
... thing As the great Iliad , scarce could make me sing ; Except I justly could at once commend A good companion , and as firm a friend ; One moral , or a mere well - natured deed , Does all desert in sciences exceed . Thus prose may be ...
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... things which offended on the stage , might be either altered , or omitted in the press ; for their authority is , and shall be , ever sacred to me , as much absent as present , and in all alterations of their fortune , who for those ...
... things which offended on the stage , might be either altered , or omitted in the press ; for their authority is , and shall be , ever sacred to me , as much absent as present , and in all alterations of their fortune , who for those ...
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... greatest part of the of- fence ; you must be secret . And I must warn you of another thing ; there are , besides myself , two more young women in my house . Wood . [ Aside . ] That , besides herself SCENE I. 19 LIMBERHAM .
... greatest part of the of- fence ; you must be secret . And I must warn you of another thing ; there are , besides myself , two more young women in my house . Wood . [ Aside . ] That , besides herself SCENE I. 19 LIMBERHAM .
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Página 223 - Keeps honour bright: To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way; For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast: keep then the path...
Página 223 - High birth, vigour of bone, desert in service, Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all To envious and calumniating time. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin...
Página 285 - Too subtle-potent, tun'd too sharp in sweetness, For the capacity of my ruder powers: I fear it much; and I do fear besides, That I shall lose distinction in my joys...
Página 188 - E'en wondered at because he dropt no sooner; Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years; Yet freshly ran he on ten winters more, Till, like a clock worn out with eating Time, The wheels of weary life at last stood still.
Página 223 - For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast; keep then the path; For emulation hath a thousand sons, That one by one pursue: If you...
Página 117 - Yet man, vain man, would with his short-lined plummet Fathom the vast abyss of heavenly justice. Whatever is, is in its causes just, Since all things are by fate. But purblind man Sees but a part o' th' chain, the nearest links, His eyes not carrying to that equal beam That poises all above.
Página 258 - God save him; No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home : But dust was thrown upon his sacred head ; Which with such gentle sorrow he shook off, — His face still combating with tears and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience ; — That had not God, for some strong purpose, steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him.
Página 365 - AmboyS" upon the theatre ; but when I had taken up what I supposed a fallen star, I found I had been cozened with a jelly ;* nothing but a cold, dull mass, which glittered no longer than it was shooting...
Página 223 - For time is like a fashionable host That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And, with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly, Grasps in the comer: welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing.
Página 440 - Kings' titles commonly begin by force, Which time wears off, and mellows into right; So power, which, in one age, is tyranny, Is ripened, in the next, to true succession: She's in possession.