Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 4Jones & Company, 1829 |
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... beauty of the poetry , whatever might have been defective in the plan , and produced a work which might have been the boast of the nation ; and we cannot help regretting on this occasion , that Dryden's fortune was not easy enough to ...
... beauty of the poetry , whatever might have been defective in the plan , and produced a work which might have been the boast of the nation ; and we cannot help regretting on this occasion , that Dryden's fortune was not easy enough to ...
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... Beauty in Distress , XIII . To the Dutchess of York , on her return from Scotland in the year 1682 , XIV . To my honoured kinsman , John Dryden of Chesterton , in the county of Hunting- don , Esq . . ib . 70 · ib . 29 XV . To Sir ...
... Beauty in Distress , XIII . To the Dutchess of York , on her return from Scotland in the year 1682 , XIV . To my honoured kinsman , John Dryden of Chesterton , in the county of Hunting- don , Esq . . ib . 70 · ib . 29 XV . To Sir ...
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We behold him embellishing his images , as he makes Venus breathing beauty upon her son Eneas : So these but wait the owners ' last despair ,. the greatness of arms is only real ; other greatness burdens a nation with its weight ; this ...
We behold him embellishing his images , as he makes Venus breathing beauty upon her son Eneas : So these but wait the owners ' last despair ,. the greatness of arms is only real ; other greatness burdens a nation with its weight ; this ...
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... beauty of this Town , without a fleet , From all the world shall vindicate her trade . And while this famed emporium we prepare , The British ocean shall such triumphs boast , That those who now disdain our trade to share , Shall rob ...
... beauty of this Town , without a fleet , From all the world shall vindicate her trade . And while this famed emporium we prepare , The British ocean shall such triumphs boast , That those who now disdain our trade to share , Shall rob ...
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... beauty make their boast , Though beautiful is well in pious lost ; So lost as starlight is dissolved away , And melts into the brightness of the day ; Or gold about the regal diadem , Lost to improve the lustre of the gem : What can we ...
... beauty make their boast , Though beautiful is well in pious lost ; So lost as starlight is dissolved away , And melts into the brightness of the day ; Or gold about the regal diadem , Lost to improve the lustre of the gem : What can we ...
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