The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes. Illustrated with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author, 9. kötetWilliam Miller, 1808 |
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4. oldal
... father . Sprat , upon the same occasion , did not omit this obvious topic , but " What can be more extraordinary , than that a person of mean birth , no fortune , no eminent qualities of body , which have sometimes , or of mind , which ...
... father . Sprat , upon the same occasion , did not omit this obvious topic , but " What can be more extraordinary , than that a person of mean birth , no fortune , no eminent qualities of body , which have sometimes , or of mind , which ...
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... fathers , made our prize . * The author seems to allude to the old proverb . " Sapiens do- minabitur astris . " The influence of the stars yielded reluctantly to Cromwell's heroic virtues , as the commons submit sullenly to be taxed : + ...
... fathers , made our prize . * The author seems to allude to the old proverb . " Sapiens do- minabitur astris . " The influence of the stars yielded reluctantly to Cromwell's heroic virtues , as the commons submit sullenly to be taxed : + ...
17. oldal
... father slain , Thou call'dst but gently breathing of a vein . Impious and villainous , to bless the blow That laid at once three lofty nations low , And gave the royal cause a fatal overthrow ! } Another witling , to add to the ...
... father slain , Thou call'dst but gently breathing of a vein . Impious and villainous , to bless the blow That laid at once three lofty nations low , And gave the royal cause a fatal overthrow ! } Another witling , to add to the ...
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... father of mankind : On which side shall we trace your stock ? beyond The loins of Egbert , or of Pharamond ; Now sunk in Adam's entrails it is found , And thence shoots through the world to you all crowned . Vain boldness of the age ...
... father of mankind : On which side shall we trace your stock ? beyond The loins of Egbert , or of Pharamond ; Now sunk in Adam's entrails it is found , And thence shoots through the world to you all crowned . Vain boldness of the age ...
32. oldal
... father's sorrows , with his crown , Could taste no sweets of youth's desired age , But found his life too true a pilgrimage . Unconquered yet in that forlorn estate , His manly courage overcame his fate : His wounds he took , like ...
... father's sorrows , with his crown , Could taste no sweets of youth's desired age , But found his life too true a pilgrimage . Unconquered yet in that forlorn estate , His manly courage overcame his fate : His wounds he took , like ...
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80. oldal - And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
271. oldal - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : 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.
202. oldal - With public zeal to cancel private crimes: How safe is treason and how sacred ill, Where none can sin against the people's will ! Where crowds can wink, and no offence be known, Since in another's guilt they find their own. Yet fame deserved, no enemy can grudge; The statesman we abhor, but praise the judge. In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean; Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to redress, Swift of despatch, and easy of access.
50. oldal - And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock : and it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: and I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts : but my face shall not be seen.
50. oldal - And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty...
246. oldal - 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.
194. oldal - But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
190. oldal - And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
218. oldal - Promiscuous use of concubine and bride ; Then Israel's monarch after heaven's own heart, His vigorous warmth did variously impart To wives and slaves ; and wide as his command, Scatter'd his Maker's image through the land.
223. oldal - In friendship false, implacable in hate, Resolved to ruin or to rule the state...