A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Dryden. Rochester. Roscommon. Otway. Pomfret. Dorset. Stepney. Philips. Walsh. Smith. Duke. King. Sprat. Montague. HalifaxJohn & Arthur Arch, ... and for Bell & Bradfute & I. Mundell & Company, Edinburgh., 1793 |
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... deriv'd from heaven alone ; For he was great e'er fortune made him fo : And wars , like mifts that rise against the fun , Made him but greater seem , nor greater grov XXXII . Such was our prince ; yet own'd a 2 OF DRYDEN . THE WORKS.
... deriv'd from heaven alone ; For he was great e'er fortune made him fo : And wars , like mifts that rise against the fun , Made him but greater seem , nor greater grov XXXII . Such was our prince ; yet own'd a 2 OF DRYDEN . THE WORKS.
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... rise . Had greater hafte these facred rites prepar'd , Some guilty months had in your triumphs fhar'd : But this untainted year is all your own ; Your glories may without our crimes be shown . We had not yet exhausted all our store ...
... rise . Had greater hafte these facred rites prepar'd , Some guilty months had in your triumphs fhar'd : But this untainted year is all your own ; Your glories may without our crimes be shown . We had not yet exhausted all our store ...
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... rise not hinders , but makes fhort our way . Your brow , which does no fear of thunder know , Sees rowling tempefts vainly beat below ; And , like Olympus ' top , th ' impreffion wears Of love and friendship writ in former years . Yet ...
... rise not hinders , but makes fhort our way . Your brow , which does no fear of thunder know , Sees rowling tempefts vainly beat below ; And , like Olympus ' top , th ' impreffion wears Of love and friendship writ in former years . Yet ...
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... rise , And in his plenty their abundance find . XLVII . With equal power he does two chiefs create , Two fuch as each feem'd worthieft when alone ; Each able to fustain a nation's fate , Since both had found a greater in their own ...
... rise , And in his plenty their abundance find . XLVII . With equal power he does two chiefs create , Two fuch as each feem'd worthieft when alone ; Each able to fustain a nation's fate , Since both had found a greater in their own ...
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... rise in vain , Without one ray of all his ftar for me . CI . Yet like an English general will I die , And all the ocean make my fpacious grave : Women and cowards on the land may lie ; The fea's a tomb that's proper for the brave . CII ...
... rise in vain , Without one ray of all his ftar for me . CI . Yet like an English general will I die , And all the ocean make my fpacious grave : Women and cowards on the land may lie ; The fea's a tomb that's proper for the brave . CII ...
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