The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing Original Poems, Tales, and Translations, with Notes, 4. kötetF. C. and J. Rivington, 1811 |
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... night invades his foes ? The glittering helm by moonlight will proclaim The latent robber , and prevent his game : Nor could he hold his tott'ring head upright Beneath that motion , or sustain the weight ; 174 Nor that right arm could ...
... night invades his foes ? The glittering helm by moonlight will proclaim The latent robber , and prevent his game : Nor could he hold his tott'ring head upright Beneath that motion , or sustain the weight ; 174 Nor that right arm could ...
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... night : On the fame errand fent , we met the spy Of Hector , double - tongu'd , and us'd to lye ; 385 Him I dispatch'd , but not till , undermin'd , I drew him first to tell what treacherous Troy defign'd : My task perform'd , with ...
... night : On the fame errand fent , we met the spy Of Hector , double - tongu'd , and us'd to lye ; 385 Him I dispatch'd , but not till , undermin'd , I drew him first to tell what treacherous Troy defign'd : My task perform'd , with ...
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... night . Nor fought I darkling ftill : the fun beheld With flaughter'd Lycians when I ftrew'd the field : 400 You faw , and counted as I pafs'd along , Alaftor , Cromius , Ceranos the ftrong , Alcander , Prytanis , and Halius , Noemon ...
... night . Nor fought I darkling ftill : the fun beheld With flaughter'd Lycians when I ftrew'd the field : 400 You faw , and counted as I pafs'd along , Alaftor , Cromius , Ceranos the ftrong , Alcander , Prytanis , and Halius , Noemon ...
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... night , and forc'd him to declare In what was plac'd the fortune of the war ; Heaven's dark decrees and answers to difplay , And how to take the town , and where the fecret lay : Yet this I compafs'd , and from Troy convey'd The fatal ...
... night , and forc'd him to declare In what was plac'd the fortune of the war ; Heaven's dark decrees and answers to difplay , And how to take the town , and where the fecret lay : Yet this I compafs'd , and from Troy convey'd The fatal ...
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257. oldal - Neither is it true, that this fineness of raillery is offensive. A witty man is tickled while he is hurt in this manner, and a fool feels it not.
275. oldal - Queen ;" and there I met with that which I had been looking for so long in vain. Spenser had studied Virgil to as much advantage as Milton had done Homer ; and amongst the rest of his excellencies had copied that.
323. oldal - Scarce can our Fields, such Crowds at Tyburn die, With Hemp the Gallows and the Fleet supply. Propose your Schemes, ye Senatorian Band, Whose Ways and Means support the sinking Land; Lest Ropes be wanting in the tempting Spring, To rig another Convoy for the K[in]g.
380. oldal - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
256. oldal - How easy it is to call rogue and villain, and that wittily! but how hard to make a man appear a fool, a blockhead, or a knave, without using any of those opprobrious terms!
372. oldal - In full-blown dignity, see Wolsey stand, Law in his voice, and fortune in his hand : To him the church, the realm, their pow'rs consign. Through him the rays of regal bounty shine, Turn'd by his nod the stream of honour flows, His smile alone security bestows...
31. oldal - But swiftness is the vice I only fear. Yet, if you knew me well, you would not...
265. oldal - Satire is a kind of poetry, without a series of action, invented for the purging of our minds ; in which human vices, ignorance, and errors, and all things besides, which are produced from them in every man, are severely reprehended...
380. oldal - Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vain, " Think nothing gain'd," he cries, " till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath the polar sky.
83. oldal - To state it fairly; imitation of an author is the most advantageous way for a translator to show himself, but the greatest wrong which can be done to the memory and reputation of the dead.