The Best of DrydenRonald Press, 1933 - 572 sivua |
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... thou ' rt but a kilderkin of wit . Like mine , thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; Thy tragic Muse gives smiles , thy comic sleep . With whate'er gall thou sett'st thyself to write , 200 Thy inoffensive satires never bite . In thy ...
... thou ' rt but a kilderkin of wit . Like mine , thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; Thy tragic Muse gives smiles , thy comic sleep . With whate'er gall thou sett'st thyself to write , 200 Thy inoffensive satires never bite . In thy ...
Sivu 201
... thou lower dive , or higher climb ? 500 Canst thou , by Reason , more of Godhead know Than Plutarch , Seneca , or Cicero ? Those giant wits , in happier ages born , ( When arms and arts did Greece and Rome adorn , ) Knew no such system ...
... thou lower dive , or higher climb ? 500 Canst thou , by Reason , more of Godhead know Than Plutarch , Seneca , or Cicero ? Those giant wits , in happier ages born , ( When arms and arts did Greece and Rome adorn , ) Knew no such system ...
Sivu 359
... Thou , Tancred , better shouldst have understood , That as thy father gave thee flesh and blood , So gav'st thou me : not from the quarry hew'd , But of a softer mold , with sense endued ; Ev'n softer than thy own , of suppler kind ...
... Thou , Tancred , better shouldst have understood , That as thy father gave thee flesh and blood , So gav'st thou me : not from the quarry hew'd , But of a softer mold , with sense endued ; Ev'n softer than thy own , of suppler kind ...
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PREFACE | ix |
UPON THE Death of the LORD HASTINGS I | 4 |
TO MY HONORD FRIEND SIR ROBERT HOWARD II | 11 |
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