The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes, Band 6A. Constable & Company, 1821 |
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... king , and his brothers , fami- liar in the highest circles . It appears , from the evidence in the case of the Duchess of Norfolk for adultery , that Nell Gwyn was living with her Grace in familiar habits ; her society , doubtless ...
... king , and his brothers , fami- liar in the highest circles . It appears , from the evidence in the case of the Duchess of Norfolk for adultery , that Nell Gwyn was living with her Grace in familiar habits ; her society , doubtless ...
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... kings were held in high renown , Ere made the common brothels of the town . There virgins honourable vows received , But chaste , as maids in monasteries , lived . The king himself , to nuptial rites a slave , No bad example to his ...
... kings were held in high renown , Ere made the common brothels of the town . There virgins honourable vows received , But chaste , as maids in monasteries , lived . The king himself , to nuptial rites a slave , No bad example to his ...
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... king . Mrs Brain . You had concluded well , if you had been my husband : you know where our subjection lies . Wood . But cannot I be yours without a priest ? They were cunning people , doubtless , who began that trade ; to have a double ...
... king . Mrs Brain . You had concluded well , if you had been my husband : you know where our subjection lies . Wood . But cannot I be yours without a priest ? They were cunning people , doubtless , who began that trade ; to have a double ...
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... king's coming in ! Two fat bucks , I am sure he sent me . Brain . And what's his name ? Aldo . Nay , for that , you must excuse me ; I must not disclose little Judith's secrets . Mrs Brain . All this while the poor gentleman is left in ...
... king's coming in ! Two fat bucks , I am sure he sent me . Brain . And what's his name ? Aldo . Nay , for that , you must excuse me ; I must not disclose little Judith's secrets . Mrs Brain . All this while the poor gentleman is left in ...
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... kings and queens , and Indies to be gained by every deal- Mrs Brain . My dear , I am coming to do my duty . I did but go up a little , ( I whispered you for what ) and am returning immediately . Brain . Your sex is but one universal ...
... kings and queens , and Indies to be gained by every deal- Mrs Brain . My dear , I am coming to do my duty . I did but go up a little , ( I whispered you for what ) and am returning immediately . Brain . Your sex is but one universal ...
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Seite 223 - Keeps honour bright: To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way; For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast: keep then the path...
Seite 223 - High birth, vigour of bone, desert in service, Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all To envious and calumniating time. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin...
Seite 285 - Too subtle-potent, tun'd too sharp in sweetness, For the capacity of my ruder powers: I fear it much; and I do fear besides, That I shall lose distinction in my joys...
Seite 188 - E'en wondered at because he dropt no sooner; Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years; Yet freshly ran he on ten winters more, Till, like a clock worn out with eating Time, The wheels of weary life at last stood still.
Seite 223 - For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast; keep then the path; For emulation hath a thousand sons, That one by one pursue: If you...
Seite 117 - Yet man, vain man, would with his short-lined plummet Fathom the vast abyss of heavenly justice. Whatever is, is in its causes just, Since all things are by fate. But purblind man Sees but a part o' th' chain, the nearest links, His eyes not carrying to that equal beam That poises all above.
Seite 258 - God save him; No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home : But dust was thrown upon his sacred head ; Which with such gentle sorrow he shook off, — His face still combating with tears and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience ; — That had not God, for some strong purpose, steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him.
Seite 365 - AmboyS" upon the theatre ; but when I had taken up what I supposed a fallen star, I found I had been cozened with a jelly ;* nothing but a cold, dull mass, which glittered no longer than it was shooting...
Seite 223 - For time is like a fashionable host That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And, with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly, Grasps in the comer: welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing.
Seite 440 - Kings' titles commonly begin by force, Which time wears off, and mellows into right; So power, which, in one age, is tyranny, Is ripened, in the next, to true succession: She's in possession.