The Best of DrydenT. Nelson and sons, 1933 - 572 sivua |
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Sivu 85
... fire . 213 As when some dire usurper Heav'n provides To scourge his country with a lawless sway : His birth perhaps some petty village hides , And sets his cradle out of fortune's way ; 214 Till fully ripe his swelling fate breaks out ...
... fire . 213 As when some dire usurper Heav'n provides To scourge his country with a lawless sway : His birth perhaps some petty village hides , And sets his cradle out of fortune's way ; 214 Till fully ripe his swelling fate breaks out ...
Sivu 89
... fire ran all along the shore , And lighten'd all the river with a blaze ; 27 The waken'd tides began again to roar , And wond'ring fish in shining waters gaze . 232 Old father Thames rais'd up his reverend head , But fear'd the fate of ...
... fire ran all along the shore , And lighten'd all the river with a blaze ; 27 The waken'd tides began again to roar , And wond'ring fish in shining waters gaze . 232 Old father Thames rais'd up his reverend head , But fear'd the fate of ...
Sivu 92
... fire : Th ' amazed flames stand gather'd on a heap ; And from the precipice's brink retire , Afraid to venture on so large a leap . 246 Thus fighting fires a while themselves consume , But straight , like Turks , forc'd on to win or die ...
... fire : Th ' amazed flames stand gather'd on a heap ; And from the precipice's brink retire , Afraid to venture on so large a leap . 246 Thus fighting fires a while themselves consume , But straight , like Turks , forc'd on to win or die ...
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PREFACE | ix |
UPON THE DEATH OF THE LORD HASTINGS | 4 |
TO MY HONORD FRIEND SIR ROBERT HOWARD | 11 |
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