The Works of the English Poets: Dryden's VirgilH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... better grac'd the wood . If Pallas had arriv'd , with equal length Of years , to match thy bulk with equal ftrength . But why , unhappy man , doft thou detain Thefe troops to view the tears thou fhed'ft in vain ! Go , friends , this ...
... better grac'd the wood . If Pallas had arriv'd , with equal length Of years , to match thy bulk with equal ftrength . But why , unhappy man , doft thou detain Thefe troops to view the tears thou fhed'ft in vain ! Go , friends , this ...
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... better had it been for you Unforc'd by this our laft neceffity , and me , To have been earlier wife ; than now to call A council , when the foe furrounds the wall . O citizens ! we wage unequal war , With men , not only heaven's ...
... better had it been for you Unforc'd by this our laft neceffity , and me , To have been earlier wife ; than now to call A council , when the foe furrounds the wall . O citizens ! we wage unequal war , With men , not only heaven's ...
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... better hand , From his own altar , with a blazing brand : And , as Ebufus with a thundering pace , Advanc'd to battle , dash'd it on his face : 450 His briftly beard shines out with fudden fires , The His ENEIS . BOOK XII . 61.
... better hand , From his own altar , with a blazing brand : And , as Ebufus with a thundering pace , Advanc'd to battle , dash'd it on his face : 450 His briftly beard shines out with fudden fires , The His ENEIS . BOOK XII . 61.
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... better understood . Somewhat ( give me leave to fay ) I have added to both of them , in the choice of words , and harmony of numbers , which were wanting , efpecially the laft , in all our poets , even in those who , being endued with ...
... better understood . Somewhat ( give me leave to fay ) I have added to both of them , in the choice of words , and harmony of numbers , which were wanting , efpecially the laft , in all our poets , even in those who , being endued with ...
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... better praised than ftudied here in England , wherein Shakespeare , who created the stage among us , had rather written happily , than knowingly and justly : and Jonfon , who , by studying Horace , had been ac- quainted with the rules ...
... better praised than ftudied here in England , wherein Shakespeare , who created the stage among us , had rather written happily , than knowingly and justly : and Jonfon , who , by studying Horace , had been ac- quainted with the rules ...
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