The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales, and Translations ...J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
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... happy pair , how well have you increas'd ! What ills in church and ftate have you redrefs'd ! With teeth untry'd , and rudiments of claws , Your firft effay was on your native laws : Thofe having torn with eafe , and trampled down ...
... happy pair , how well have you increas'd ! What ills in church and ftate have you redrefs'd ! With teeth untry'd , and rudiments of claws , Your firft effay was on your native laws : Thofe having torn with eafe , and trampled down ...
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... happy regions , Italy and Spain , Which never did thofe monfsters entertain ! The wolf , the bear , the boar , can there advance No native claim of just inheritance . And self - preferving laws , fevere in show , May guard their fences ...
... happy regions , Italy and Spain , Which never did thofe monfsters entertain ! The wolf , the bear , the boar , can there advance No native claim of just inheritance . And self - preferving laws , fevere in show , May guard their fences ...
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... happy at the cheapest rate . } Tho ' our lean faith these rigid laws has given , The full - fed Muffulman goes fat to heaven ; For his Arabian prophet with delights Of sense allur'd his eastern profelytes . The jolly Luther , reading ...
... happy at the cheapest rate . } Tho ' our lean faith these rigid laws has given , The full - fed Muffulman goes fat to heaven ; For his Arabian prophet with delights Of sense allur'd his eastern profelytes . The jolly Luther , reading ...
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... happy gluttons prey . , And much they griev'd to see so nigh their hall , The bird that warn'd St. Peter of his fall ; That he should raise his mitred crest on high , And clap his wings , and call his family To facred rites ; and vex th ...
... happy gluttons prey . , And much they griev'd to see so nigh their hall , The bird that warn'd St. Peter of his fall ; That he should raise his mitred crest on high , And clap his wings , and call his family To facred rites ; and vex th ...
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... happy moment when our prince was born : Our prince adorns this day , and ages hence Shall with his birth - day for fome future prince . Great Michael , prince of all th ' ætherial hofts ; And whate'er inborn faints our Britain boafts ...
... happy moment when our prince was born : Our prince adorns this day , and ages hence Shall with his birth - day for fome future prince . Great Michael , prince of all th ' ætherial hofts ; And whate'er inborn faints our Britain boafts ...
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