Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1801 |
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الصفحة ii
... verse , but he confesses that he has quitted the practice , because he found it troublesome and slow ii LIFE OF DRYDEN . Advertisement, 25 Astræa Redux A Poem on the happy Restora- tion and return of his Sacred Majesty Charles 47.
... verse , but he confesses that he has quitted the practice , because he found it troublesome and slow ii LIFE OF DRYDEN . Advertisement, 25 Astræa Redux A Poem on the happy Restora- tion and return of his Sacred Majesty Charles 47.
الصفحة xi
... sacred to the happy memory of that prince . Soon after the accession of James II . our Author turned Roman Catholic , and by this extraordinary step drew upon himself abundance of ridicule from wits of the opposite faction ; and in 1689 ...
... sacred to the happy memory of that prince . Soon after the accession of James II . our Author turned Roman Catholic , and by this extraordinary step drew upon himself abundance of ridicule from wits of the opposite faction ; and in 1689 ...
الصفحة xxiv
... sacred dust below Was Dryden once ; the rest who does not know ? Which was since changed into the plain inscription now upon it , viz . J. DRYDEN , NATUS AUG . 9. 1631 . MORTUS MAHI 1. 1701 . Johannes Sheffield , Dux Buckinghamiensis ...
... sacred dust below Was Dryden once ; the rest who does not know ? Which was since changed into the plain inscription now upon it , viz . J. DRYDEN , NATUS AUG . 9. 1631 . MORTUS MAHI 1. 1701 . Johannes Sheffield , Dux Buckinghamiensis ...
الصفحة 27
... Sacred Majesty , Charles 11. 1660 . 86 Jam redit et Virgo , rediunt Saturnia regna . " The last great age , foretold by sacred rhymes , VIRG . Renews its finished course ; Saturnian times Roll round again . Now with a general peace the ...
... Sacred Majesty , Charles 11. 1660 . 86 Jam redit et Virgo , rediunt Saturnia regna . " The last great age , foretold by sacred rhymes , VIRG . Renews its finished course ; Saturnian times Roll round again . Now with a general peace the ...
الصفحة 28
... sacred purple then , and scarlet gown , Like sanguine dye , to elephants was shown . Thus when the bold Typhoeus scal'd the sky , And forc'd great Jove from his own heav'n io fly , ( What king , what crown , from Treason's reach is free ...
... sacred purple then , and scarlet gown , Like sanguine dye , to elephants was shown . Thus when the bold Typhoeus scal'd the sky , And forc'd great Jove from his own heav'n io fly , ( What king , what crown , from Treason's reach is free ...
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Absalom Achithophel arms arts Behold Belgian bless'd blessing blood bold brave breast Charles Charles Dryden CHRO church conscience crimes crowd crown David's design'd Dryden e'en Elkanah Settle ev'ry Exeter Exchange eyes faction faith fame fate father fear fight fire flames fleet foes forc'd friends gold grace hand happy hast hate Heav'n Hebron Hind honour int'rest Isr'el Jebusites Jews JOHN DRYDEN kind king land laws look'd Lord mighty monarch Muse ne'er never numbers o'er once Panther peace Phaleg plain plot poem poet pow'r praise pray'r pretend prey pride prince PRINCESS OF WALES promis'd rage rais'd rebel reign reply'd rest rise royal ruin sacred satire satire of Juvenal Scripture sects seem'd sense shew shore sight soul sov'reign stand suff'rings sway thee thou thought thro throne Timotheus true truth try'd Twas VIRG virtue wind wise youth
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الصفحة 205 - War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour but an empty bubble ; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying ; If the world be worth thy winning, Think, O think it worth enjoying! Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee.
الصفحة 89 - My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires, My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights, and, when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am ; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame. Good life be now my task : my doubts are done ; What more could fright my faith than Three in One...
الصفحة 202 - Timotheus, placed on high Amid the tuneful quire, With flying fingers touched the lyre: The trembling notes ascend the sky And heavenly joys inspire. The song began from Jove Who left his blissful seats above, Such is the power of mighty love ! A dragon's fiery form...
الصفحة 27 - For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel: Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left.
الصفحة 207 - 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.
الصفحة 27 - Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
الصفحة 185 - Ne'er to have peace with wit, nor truce with sense. The king himself the sacred unction made, As king by office, and as priest by trade: In his sinister hand, instead of ball, He placed a mighty mug of potent ale; Love's kingdom...
الصفحة 41 - tis to rule, for that's a monarch's end. They call my tenderness of blood my fear ; Though manly tempers can the longest bear. Yet, since they will divert my native course, 'Tis time to show I am not good by force.
الصفحة 203 - 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...
الصفحة 36 - Behold th' approaching cliffs of Albion : It is no longer motion cheats your view, As you meet it, the land approacheth you. The land returns, and, in the white it wears, The marks of penitence and sorrow bears.