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" Doubt not: but, when he most affects the frown, Commit a pleasing rape upon the crown. Secure his person to secure your cause: They who possess the prince, possess the laws. "
The Poetical Works of John Dryden - Page 109
by John Dryden - 1855
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The Works of John Dryden: Poetical works

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1884 - 478 pages
...affects the frown, Commit a pleasing rape upon the crown. Secure his person to secure your cause ; 475 They, who possess the prince, possess the laws." He...above the rest, With Absalom's mild nature suited best ; _ Unblamed of life, ambition set aside, > Not stained with cruelty, nor puffed with pride. 480 How...
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The Works of John Dryden: Poetical works

John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1884 - 478 pages
...undone. 470 If so, by force he wishes to be gained ; Like woman's lechery to seem constrained. Doubt not ; but, when he most affects the frown, Commit...the crown. Secure his person to secure your cause ; 475 They, who possess the prince, possess the laws." He said, and this advice, above the rest, With...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Edited with a Memoir, Revised Text, and Notes

John Dryden, William Dougal Christie - 1893 - 780 pages
...he wishes to be gained, ' Like women's lechery to seem constrained. ' Doubt not : but, when he must affects the frown, 'Commit a pleasing rape upon the crown. ' Secure his person to secure your cause : 475 'They, who posacss the Prince, possess the laws." He said, and this advice above the rest With...
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Dryden: Stanzas on the Death of Oliver Cromwell ; Astraea Redux ; Annus ...

John Dryden - 1901 - 384 pages
...affects the frown, Commit a pleasing rape upon the crown. Secure his person to secure your cause : 475 They who possess the Prince possess the laws.' He...best ; Unblamed of life (ambition set aside), Not stained with cruelty nor puffed with pride, 480 How happy had he been, if Destiny Had higher placed...
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The Satires of Dryden

John Dryden - Poetry - 1905 - 194 pages
...his brother, though he loves his son, " For ^plighted vows too late to be undone. . . . 470 " Doubt not : but, when he most affects the frown, " Commit...the crown. " Secure his person to secure your cause : \v "They, who possess the Prince, possess the laws."J) He said, and this advice above the rest "With...
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English Poems: The restoration and the eighteenth century (1660-1800)

Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1908 - 562 pages
...undone. If so, by force he wishes to be gained, 220 Like women's lechery to seem constrained. Doubt not; but when he most affects the frown, Commit a...cause: They who possess the Prince possess the laws." 225 He said, and this advice above the rest With Absalom's mild nature suited best. Unblamed of life...
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The Oxford Treasury of English Literature: Jacobean to Victorian

English literature - 1908 - 444 pages
...successive title, long and dark, Drawn from the mouldy rolls of Noah's ark.' PART I, LINES 477-568 He said, and this advice above the rest With Absalom's...best ; Unblamed of life (ambition set aside), Not stained with cruelty nor puffed with pride, 480 How happy had he been, if Destiny Had higher placed...
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English Poems: The Restoration and the eighteenth century (1660-1800)

Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1908 - 562 pages
...the crown. Secure his person to secure your cause: They who possess the Prince possess the laws." 225 He said, and this advice above the rest With Absalom's...suited best. Unblamed of life (ambition set aside), Not stained with cruelty nor puffed with pride, How happy had he been, if Destiny 230 Had higher placed...
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Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose

Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews - English literature - 1910 - 778 pages
...democracy. Him he attempts with studied arts to please And sheds his venom in such words as these: P + stained with cruelty nor puffed with pride, <8° How happy had he been, if Destiny Had higher placed...
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Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose

Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - English literature - 1910 - 776 pages
...with studied arts to plca.sc And sheds his venom in snch words as these: He said, and this advice*8 nsels, and the plots stained with cruelty nor puffed with pride, «» How happy had he been, if Destiny Had higher placed...
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