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  • And that one hunting, which the Devil design'd For one fair female, lost him half the kind.

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    John Dryden, C. B., Esquire Charles BATHURST (1852). “Selections from the poetry of Dryden, including his plays and translations. [The editor's preface signed: C. B., i.e. Charles Bathurst.]”, p.271

  • Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil.

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  • To die for faction is a common evil, But to be hanged for nonsense is the devil.

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    John Dryden (1808). “The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes. Illustrated with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author”, p.334

  • But when to sin our biased nature leans, The careful Devil is still at hand with means; And providently pimps for ill desires.

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    1681 Absalom and Achitophel, pt.1, l.79-81.

  • So over violent, or over civil that every man with him was God or Devil.

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    John Dryden (1701). “Poems on Various Occasions: And Translations from Several Authors”, p.10
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John Dryden

  • Born: August 9, 1631
  • Died: May 12, 1700
  • Occupation: Poet
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