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The Works of John Dryden (4); Illustrated With Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author
The Works of John Dryden Illustrated With Notes Historical Critical and Explanatory and a Life of the Author - 4 Author:George Saintsbury Volume: 4 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1883 Original Publisher: Paterson Subjects: Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the o... more »riginal. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Poly. Her honour is concerned. Somewhat I1l do; but I am yet distracted, And know not where to fix. I wished a child, And heaven, in anger, granted my request. So blind we are, our wishes are so vain, That what we most desire, proves most our pain. [Exeunt. SCENE IV. An Eating-house. Bottles of Wine on the table. Palamede, and Dora Lice, in Mans Habit. Dor. [Aside.] Now cannot I find in my heart to discover myself, though I long he should know me. Pala. I tell thee, boy, now I have seen thee safe, I must be gone: I have no leisure to throw away on thy raw conversation; I am a person that understands better things, I. Dor. Were I a woman, oh how you would admire me! cry up every word I said, and screw your face into a submissive smile ; as I have seen a dull gallant act wit, and counterfeit pleasantness, when he whispers to a great person in a play-house; smile, and look briskly, when the other answers, as if something of extraordinary had past betwixt them, when, heaven knows, there was nothing else but, -- What a clock does your lordship think it is ? And my lord's repartee is, -- It is almost park-time: or, at most, -- Shall we out of the pit, and go behind the scenes for an act or two ? And yet such fine things as these would be wit in a mistress's mouth. Pala. Ay, boy; there dame Nature's in the case: He, who cannot find wit in a mistress, deserves to find nothing else, boy. But th...« less