 But when she had made all these advances, it was still in his power to have refused them. After the intrigue of the cave, call it marriage, or enjoyment only, he was no longer free to take or leave ; he had accepted the favour, and was obliged to be constant,...  The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ... - Page 170by John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Virgil - 1803 - 408 pages
...lie was no longer free to take or leave ; he had accepted the favour, and was obliged to he constant, if he would be grateful. My lord, I have set this...Providence, that many think he has not answered them. You may please at least to hear the adverse party. Segrais pleads for Virgil, that no less than an absolute... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1806 - 328 pages
...he was no longer free to take or leave ; he had accepted the favour, and was obliged to be constant, if he would be grateful. My lord, I have set this...can, that the ladies may not think I write booty: anil perhaps it may happen to me, as it did to Doctor Cud worth, who has raised such strong objections... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 482 pages
...he was no longer free to take or leave ; he had accepted the favour, and was obliged to be constant, if he would be grateful. My lord, I have set this...Providence, that many think he has not answered them. You may please at least to hear the adverse party. S^grais pleads for Virgil, that no less than an absolute... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 790 pages
...he was no longer free to take or leave, he had accepted the favour; and was obliged to be constant, if he would be grateful My lord, I have set this argument...the best light I can, that the ladies may not think 1 write booty : and perhaps it may happen to me, as it did to Dr. Cudworth, who has raised such strong... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 770 pages
...write booty : and perhaps it may happen to me, и it did to Dr. Cudworth, who has raised such »Irong objections against the being of a God and Providence, that many think he has not answered them. Уош may please at least to hear the »dverse party. Segrais pleads for Virgil, »hat DO less than... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 544 pages
...the cause lie meant to defend, which certainly was far from his intention. Dryden tells us, that " he raised such strong objections against the being of a God and providence, that many thought he had not answered them :" and lord Shaftesbury says that " though the whole world were no... | |
 | 1813 - 432 pages
...he was no longer free to take or leave ; he had accepted the favour, and was obliged to be constant, if he would be grateful. My lord, I have set this...Providence, that many think he has not answered them. You may please, at least, to hear the adverse party. Segrais pleads for Virgil, that no less than an absolute... | |
 | Virgil - 1819 - 488 pages
...he was no longer free to take or leave ; he had accepted the favour, and was obliged to be constant, if he would be grateful. My lord, I have set this...Providence, that many think he has not answered them. You may please, at least, to hear the adverse party. SSgrais pleads for Virgil, that no less than an absolute... | |
 | Ralph Cudworth - 1820 - 542 pages
...is, that he is an Arian, a Socinian, or a Deist." Mr. Dryden likewise tells us,' that our Author *' has raised such strong objections against the being...providence, that many think he has not answered them." And the late earl of Shaftesbury, in his Moralists, a rhapsody/ has the following passage: — " You... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 502 pages
...he was no longer free to take or leave ; he had accepted the favour, and was obliged to be constant, if he would be grateful. My lord, I have set this...Providence, that many think he has not answered them. You may please at least to hear the adverse party. S^grais pleads for Virgil, that no less than an absolute... | |
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