The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...W. Miller, 1808 - English literature |
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... rest of those deducements , which I am confident are the remote effects of revelation , and unattainable by our discourse , I mean as simply considered , and without the benefit of divine illu- mination . So that we have not lifted up ...
... rest of those deducements , which I am confident are the remote effects of revelation , and unattainable by our discourse , I mean as simply considered , and without the benefit of divine illu- mination . So that we have not lifted up ...
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... rest of our schis- matics , which are their spawn , were always the most visible church in the Christian world . * It is true , the government was too strong at that time for a rebellion ; but , to shew what proficiency they had made in ...
... rest of our schis- matics , which are their spawn , were always the most visible church in the Christian world . * It is true , the government was too strong at that time for a rebellion ; but , to shew what proficiency they had made in ...
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... rest , And , with a fervent flame , His usual morning vows had just addrest , For his dear sovereign's health ; And hoped to have them heard , In long increase of years , In honour , fame , and wealth : Guiltless of greatness , thus he ...
... rest , And , with a fervent flame , His usual morning vows had just addrest , For his dear sovereign's health ; And hoped to have them heard , In long increase of years , In honour , fame , and wealth : Guiltless of greatness , thus he ...
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... rest like subject - grief did show , His , like a sovereign's , did transcend ; No wife , no brother , such a grief could know , Nor any name but friend . III . O wondrous changes of a fatal scene , Still varying to the last ! Heaven ...
... rest like subject - grief did show , His , like a sovereign's , did transcend ; No wife , no brother , such a grief could know , Nor any name but friend . III . O wondrous changes of a fatal scene , Still varying to the last ! Heaven ...
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... rest heroic James appeared , Exalted more , because he more had feared . His manly heart , whose noble pride Was still above Dissembled hate , or varnished love , Its more than common transport could not hide ; But like an eagre † rode ...
... rest heroic James appeared , Exalted more , because he more had feared . His manly heart , whose noble pride Was still above Dissembled hate , or varnished love , Its more than common transport could not hide ; But like an eagre † rode ...
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Page 440 - And down they sent the yet declaiming bard. Sinking he left his drugget robe behind, Borne upwards by a subterranean wind. The mantle fell to the young prophet's part, With double portion of his father's art.
Page 242 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the LORD'S sake, whether it be to the King as supreme, or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 434 - Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years : Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he. Who stands confirm'd in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day.
Page 120 - Tis true she bounded by and tripped so light, They had not time to take a steady sight ; For truth has such a face and such a mien As to be loved needs only to be seen.
Page 440 - In thy felonious heart tho' venom lies, It does but touch thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius calls thee not to purchase fame In keen iambics, but mild anagram. Leave writing plays, and choose for thy command Some peaceful province in acrostic land. There thou may'st wings display and altars raise, And torture one poor word ten thousand ways. Or, if thou wouldst thy diff'rent talents suit, Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.
Page 153 - The body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten, in the Supper, only after an heavenly and spiritual manner. And the mean whereby the body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper is faith.
Page 440 - 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, Thy inoffensive satires never bite. In thy felonious heart though venom lies, It does but touch thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius calls thee not to purchase fame In keen Iambics, but mild Anagram.
Page 153 - Gainst form and order they their power employ, Nothing to build and all things to destroy. But far more numerous was the herd of such Who think too little and who talk too much. These out of mere instinct, they knew not why, Adored their fathers...
Page 147 - Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut, where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Page 153 - Transubstantiation (or the change of the substance of bread and wine) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by holy writ ; but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions.