Annus mirabilisClarendon Press, 1915 - 64 Seiten |
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... called The Rehearsal , and its chief character , Bayes , had been intended at first to satirize Davenant and his heroic plays , but when Davenant died , Dryden became the subject of the satire . The Rehearsal was witty and not alto ...
... called The Rehearsal , and its chief character , Bayes , had been intended at first to satirize Davenant and his heroic plays , but when Davenant died , Dryden became the subject of the satire . The Rehearsal was witty and not alto ...
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... called aloud for war : But peaceful kings , o'er martial people set , Each other's poise and counterbalance are . c The Iberian . The Spaniard . 13 He first surveyed the charge with careful eyes , ANNUS MIRABILIS , 1666 .
... called aloud for war : But peaceful kings , o'er martial people set , Each other's poise and counterbalance are . c The Iberian . The Spaniard . 13 He first surveyed the charge with careful eyes , ANNUS MIRABILIS , 1666 .
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... called that providence which we called flight . Possunt quia posse videntur .'- VIRG . [ Æn . v . 23. ] Second battle . 193 Never did men more joyfully obey Or sooner understood ANNUS MIRABILIS , 1666 . 29.
... called that providence which we called flight . Possunt quia posse videntur .'- VIRG . [ Æn . v . 23. ] Second battle . 193 Never did men more joyfully obey Or sooner understood ANNUS MIRABILIS , 1666 . 29.
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... [ Incorrectly quoted by Dryden from Terence : 6 Hæc arte tractabat virum Ut illius animum cupidum inopia accenderet . ' Heautontim , ii . 3. 106. ] 225 At length the crackling noise and dreadful blaze Called 34 ANNUS MIRABILIS , 1666 .
... [ Incorrectly quoted by Dryden from Terence : 6 Hæc arte tractabat virum Ut illius animum cupidum inopia accenderet . ' Heautontim , ii . 3. 106. ] 225 At length the crackling noise and dreadful blaze Called 34 ANNUS MIRABILIS , 1666 .
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John Dryden. 225 At length the crackling noise and dreadful blaze Called up some waking lover to the sight ; And long it was ere he the rest could raise , Whose heavy eyelids yet were full of night . 226 The next to danger , hot pursued ...
John Dryden. 225 At length the crackling noise and dreadful blaze Called up some waking lover to the sight ; And long it was ere he the rest could raise , Whose heavy eyelids yet were full of night . 226 The next to danger , hot pursued ...
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Absalom and Achitophel Albemarle Albion and Albanius ANNUS MIRABILIS appeared Astraea Redux battle behold Belgian boast C. H. FIRTH cannon coast courage Creusa dare doom Dryden Dryden's note Duke Dutch fleet Edited by W. D. edition of 1688 England English eyes fame fate fear fight fire Fire of London flames flix France gallowglasses haste Heaven Holland JOHN DRYDEN June kerns King labour larks limbec Linstock London Loyal London martlet merchant mighty navy night noise numbers o'er ocean Omnia noctis erant original edition Palamon and Arcite passage Pepys poem prey Prince Rupert Proteus Remnants repair retire revised by C. H. rich rise ruin sails sear-cloth second Punic war seems Shakespeare ships shipwracked shore squadron stanza stay Tacitus Thou trine unknowing Uzza valour vessels victory Virgil W. D. CHRISTIE wealth wexing wide the curtains wind wings word
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Seite 52 - And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark : and there he died before God.
Seite xii - To see this fleet upon the ocean move, Angels drew wide the curtains of the skies; And heaven, as if there wanted lights above, For tapers made two glaring comets rise.
Seite xiv - English fleet each ship resounds with joy, And loud applause of their great leader's fame : In fiery dreams the Dutch they still destroy, And, slumbering smile at the imagin'd flame.
Seite 57 - Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night...
Seite 34 - The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend, With bold fanatic spectres to rejoice; About the fire into a dance they bend, And sing their sabbath notes with feeble voice.
Seite 11 - More fierce the important quarrel to decide: Like swans in long array his vessels show, Whose crests advancing do the waves divide. 6 ? They charge, recharge, and all along the sea They drive and squander the huge Belgian fleet; Berkeley alone, who nearest danger lay, Did a like fate with lost Creusa meet.
Seite 60 - I then went towards Islington and Highgate, where one might have seen 200,000 people of all ranks and degrees dispersed and lying along by their heaps of what they could save from the fire, deploring their loss, and though ready to perish for hunger and destitution, yet not asking one penny for relief, which to me appeared a stranger sight than any I had yet beheld.
Seite 23 - Some drive old oakum through each seam and rift: Their left-hand does the calking-iron guide, The rattling mallet with the right they lift. With boiling pitch another near at hand (From friendly Sweden brought) the seams instops; Which, well paid o'er, the salt-sea waves withstand, And shake them from the rising beak in drops.
Seite 33 - The diligence of trades and noiseful gain, And luxury more late, asleep were laid : All was the Night's ; and in her silent reign No sound the rest of Nature did invade.
Seite 26 - I foretel, from your auspicious care, Who great in search of God and Nature grow ; Who best your wise Creator's praise declare, Since best to praise his works is best to know.