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" The diligence of trades and noiseful gain, And luxury more late, asleep were laid : All was the night's ; and in her silent reign No sound the rest of nature did invade. "
The Works of John Dryden Now First Collected ... - Page 142
by John Dryden - 1808
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...fire. There are, however, in this.part some passages that deserve attention: as in the beginning : The diligence of trades and noiseful gain, And luxury...and in her silent reign No sound the rest of nature Jid invade In this deep quiet. ' The expression " All was the Night's," is taken from Seneca, who remarks...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on ...

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...fire. There are, however, in this part some passages that deserve attention : as in the beginning : The diligence of trades and noiseful gain, And luxury more late, asleep were laid ! All was the Xight's^and in her silent reign No sound the rest of nature did invade 111 this deep iluiet. The expression...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 9

Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 pages
...fire. There are, however, in this part some passagei that deserve attention ; as in the beginning ; The diligence of trades and noiseful gain, And luxury,...silent reign No sound the rest of Nature did invade In this deep quiet The expression " All was the Night's" is taken from Seneca, who remarks on Virgil's...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 6

Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 pages
...fire. There are, however, in this part some passages that deserve attention ; as in the beginning : The diligence of trades and noiseful gain, And luxury,...silent reign No sound the rest of Nature did invade In this deep quiet . The expression " All was the Night's," is taken from Seneca, who remarks on Virgil's...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 8

Alexander Chalmers - 1819 - 644 pages
...His prince, surpris'd at first, no ill could doubt, And wants the power to meet it when 'tis known Such was the rise of this prodigious Fire, Which in...noiseful gain, And luxury more late, asleep were laid I All was the Night's ; and in her silent reign No sound the rest of Nature did invade. In this deep...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 11

Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 410 pages
...His prince, surpris'd at first, no ill could doubt, And wants the power to meet it when 'tis known. Such was the rise of this prodigious fire, Which,...aspire, And straight to palaces and temples spread. * Transition to the Fire of London. The diligence of Trade, and noiseful Gain, And Luxury, more late,...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 1

John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...prince, surpris'd at first, no ill could doubt, And wants the power to meet it when 'tis known. Such WM stealth Found unsuspected way. There was a place,...change, Where Tigris at the foot of Paradise, Into a gu Tie diligence of trades and noiseful gain, And luxury more late, asleep were laid : All was the Night's...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 pages
...in this part, some passages that deserve attention ; as in the beginning ; The diligence of trades noiseful gain, And luxury, more late, asleep were...silent reign No sound the rest of Nature did invade In this deep quiet — The expression " all was the Night's" is taken from Seneca, who remarks on Virgil's...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 476 pages
...fire. There are, however, in this part some passages that deserve attention ; as in the beginning ; The diligence of trades and noiseful gain, And luxury, more late asleep was laid ! All was the Night's, and in her silent reign ';,, i No sound the rest of Nature did invade...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 2

John Aikin - 1821 - 356 pages
...His prince, surpris'd at first, no ill could doubt, And wants the power to meet it when 'tis known. Such was the rise of this prodigious Fire, Which in...silent reign No sound the rest of Nature did invade. In this deep quiet, from what source unknown, Those seeds of Fire their fatal birth disclose ; And...
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