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" The ghosts of traitors from the Bridge descend, With bold fanatic spectres to rejoice ; About the fire into a dance they bend, And sing their sabbath notes with feeble voice*. "
The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ... - Page 144
by John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 41-42

John Bell - 1777 - 644 pages
...O'erlooks the neighbours with a wide survey, And nods at every house his threat'ning fire, CCXXIII.The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend, With bold...About the fire into a dance they bend, And sing their sabhath notes with feeble voice. CCXXIV. Our guardian angel saw them where they sate Above the palace...
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...better, Omnia ndctit crant. The following quatrain is vigorous and animated : Th« ghosts of traytors from the bridge descend With bold fanatic spectres...dance they bend, And sing their sabbath notes with feebfe voice. His prediction of the improvements which shall be made in the new city i* dcgant and...
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Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to ...

1801 - 416 pages
...O'erlooks the neighbours with a wide survey, And nods at ev'ry house his threat'ning fire. ccxxin. The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend, With bold fanatic spectres to rejoice; Sjo About the fire into a dance they bend, And sing their sabbath notes with feeble voice. ccxxiv....
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...better, Omnia noctis erant. The following quatrain is vigorous and animated : The ghosts of traytors from the bridge descend With bold fanatic spectres...to rejoice ; About the fire into a dance they bend, , i And sing their sabbath notes with feeble voice. His prediction of the improvements which shall...
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Poetical Works

John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pages
...weaker than before. And now, no longer letted of his prey, He leaps up at it with enrag'd desire ; Tlie ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend, With bold...bend, And sing their sabbath notes with feeble voice. Our guardian angel saw them where they sate Above the palace of our slumbering King: He sigli'd, abandoning...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Collated with the Best Editions:

John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 pages
...of his prey, He leaps up at it with eurag'd desire ; The ghosts of traitors from the bridge deseend, With bold fanatic spectres to rejoice ; About the...bend, And sing their sabbath notes with feeble voice. Our guardian angel saw them where they sate Above the palace of our slumbering King: He sigh'd, abandoning...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Volume 9

John Dryden - 1808 - 482 pages
...following notes. Note XLV. The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend, With bold fanatic spt ctres to rejoice ; About the fire into a dance they bend, And sing their Sabbath notes with feeble voice, St. 223. p, 144. This most beautiful stanza requires but little illustration. London Bridge, as early...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 8

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 pages
...erant. The following quatrain is vigorous and animated ; The ghosts of traitors from the bridge destend With bold fanatic spectres to rejoice; About the fire...bend, And sing their sabbath notes with feeble voice. His prediction of the improvements which shall be made in the new city is elegant and poetical, and...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 9

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...quatrain is vigorous and animated; The phosts of traitors from the bridge descend With bold fanatick spectres to rejoice ; About the fire into a dance...they bend, And sing their sabbath notes with feeble voicp. His prediction of the improvements which shall be made in the new city is elegant and poetical,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...quatrain is vigorous and animated : The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend, With bold fanatick spectres to rejoice : About the fire into a dance...bend, And sing their sabbath notes with feeble voice. His prediction of the improvements which shall be made in the new city is elegant and poetical, and...
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