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An enquiry concerning human understanding. A dissertation on the passions ... - Page 483
by David Hume - 1768
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems, Tales, and ...

John Dryden - 1867 - 556 pages
...whatsoe'er descent their godhead be, Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree, In his defence his servants on human will,) 2M Our fortune Altering the original : " From towns laid waste, to dens and caves they ran, (For who first stoop'd...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden

John Dryden - 1897 - 764 pages
...descent their godhead be, ' 100 Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree, In his defence his servants are as bold, As if he had been born of beaten gold. The Jewish Rabbins,* though their enemies, In this conclude them honest men and wise : 105 For 'twas...
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Stanzas on the Death of Oliver Cromwell: Astraea Redux; Annus Mirabilis ...

John Dryden - 1874 - 376 pages
...whatsoe'er descent their godhead be, 100 Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree, In his defence his servants are as bold, As if he had been born, of beaten gold. (The Jewish Rabbins, though their enemies, jln this conclude them honest men and wise : 105 For 'twas...
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The poetical works of John Dryden, ed. by C.C. Clarke

John Dryden - 1874 - 740 pages
...whatsoe'er descent their godhead be, 100 Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree, In his defence his servants are as bold, As if he had been born of beaten gold. The Jewish rabbins, though their enemies, In this conclude them honest men and wise : For 'twas their...
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Stanzas on the Death of Oliver Cromwell: Astræa Redux ; Annus Mirabilis ...

John Dryden - 1878 - 372 pages
...whatsoe'er descent their godhead be, 100 Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree, In his defence his servants are as bold, As if he had been born of beaten gold. The Jewish Rabbins, though their enemies, In this conclude them honest men and wise : 105 For 'twas...
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A Thousand Thoughts from Various Authors

Arthur B. Davison - 1880 - 396 pages
...whatsoe'er descent their godhead be, Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree, In his defence his servants are as bold As if he had been born of beaten gold. Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel. CULTIVATED IMAGINATION. A MAN of polite imagination is let into a great...
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The Works of John Dryden: Poetical works

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1884 - 480 pages
...whatsoe'er descent their godhead be, 100 Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree, In his defence his servants are as bold, As if he had been born of beaten gold. The Jewish rabbins, though their enemies, Tn this conclude them honest men and wise ; 10.5 For 'twas...
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The Satires of Dryden

John Dryden - 1893 - 194 pages
...whatsoe'er descent their godhead be, 100 Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree, In his defence his servants are as bold, As if he had been born of beaten gold. The Jewish Eabbins, though their enemies, In this conclude them honest men and wise : For 'twas their...
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Stanzas on the Death of Oliver Cromwell: Astraea Redux.--Annus Mirabilis ...

John Dryden - 1893 - 384 pages
...whatsoe'er descent their godhead be, 100 Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree, In his defence his servants are as bold, As if he had been born of beaten gold. The Jewish Rabbins, though their enemies, In this conclude them honest men and wise : 105 For 'twas...
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The Works of John Dryden: Poetical works

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1884 - 478 pages
...whatsoe'er descent their godhead be, 100 Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree, In his defence his servants are as bold, As if he had been born of beaten gold. The Jewish rabbins, though their enemies, In this conclude them honest men and wise ; 10.5 For 'twas...
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