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" Law they require, let law then show her face ; They could not be content to look on grace, Her hinder parts, but with a daring eye To tempt the terror of her front, and die. By their own arts 'tis righteously decreed, Those dire artificers of death shall... "
The Miscellaneous Works: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales, and ... - Page 195
by John Dryden - 1760
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The English Parnassus: An Anthology, Chiefly of Longer Poems

William Macneile Dixon - English poetry - 1911 - 792 pages
...fear they by my mercy scan ! Beware the fury of a patient man. Law they require, let Law then show her face ; They could not be content to look on Grace,...terror of her front and die. By their own arts, 'tis righteously decreed, 1010 Those dire artificers of death shall bleed. Against themselves their witnesses...
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The Satires of Dryden: Absalom and Achitophel, The Medal, Mac Flecknoe ...

John Dryden - 1923 - 196 pages
...they by my mercy scan ! " Beware the fury of a patient man. , " Law they require, let Law then show her face ; " They could not be content to look on Grace, " Her hinder parts, but witli a daring eye " To tempt the terror of her front and die. " By their own arts, 'tis righteously...
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Heath Readings in the Literature of England

Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - English literature - 1927 - 1432 pages
...fear they by my mercy scan! 1000 Beware the fury of a patient man. Law they require, let Law then shew Peete Cross 1005 By their own arts, 't is righteously decreed, Those dire artificers of death shall bleed. Against...
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The Crafting of Absalom and Achitophel: Dryden’s Pen for a Party

W. Thomas - Biography & Autobiography - 1978 - 248 pages
...to reinforce the same direction and tone, as when Dryden has Charles speak of Law and those who seek with a daring Eye To tempt the terror of her Front, and Dye. (11. 1008-09) The pace is more measured for majesty, but basically the rhythm is the same, just...
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Rhetorica Movet: Studies in Historical and Modern Rhetoric in Honour of ...

Heinrich Franz Plett, Peter Lothar Oesterreich, Thomas O. Sloane - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 566 pages
...my fear they by my mercy scan; Beware the fury of a patient man. Law they require, let law then show her face; They could not be content to look on grace,...daring eye To tempt the terror of her front and die. Absalom and Achitophel, verse 1002 Schipper (1895: 138, 214) maintains that rhyme-breaking is rare...
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Restoration Literature: An Anthology

Paul Hammond - Drama - 2002 - 484 pages
...my fear they by my mercy scan; Beware the fury of a patient man. Law they require; let law then show her face: They could not be content to look on grace...terror of her front, and die.* By their own arts 'tis righteously decreed 1010 Those dire artificers of death shall bleed. Against themselves their witnesses...
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The Major Works

John Dryden - English literature - 2003 - 1024 pages
...my fear they by my mercy scan! Beware the fury of a patient man. Law they require, let Law then show her face; They could not be content to look on grace, Her hinder parts, but with a daring eye0 To tempt the terror of her front and die. By their own arts, 'tis righteously decreed, 1010 Those...
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Selected Poems

John Dryden - Poetry - 2002 - 612 pages
...fear they by my mercy scan: 1005 Beware the fury of a patient man. Law they require; let law then show her face; They could not be content to look on grace...daring eye To tempt the terror of her front, and die. 1010 By their own arts 'tis righteously decreed Those dire artificers of death shall bleed. Against...
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