Pains of love be sweeter far
Than all other pleasures are.

John Dryden

Tyrannick Love, or The Royal Martyr

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Speaker

Damilcar

Author

John Dryden

Source

Tyrannick Love, or The Royal Martyr

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1669 1660s 17th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Dryden, John. Tyrannick Love, or The Royal Martyr. Performed by Nell Gwyn and Margaret Hughes and Michael Mohun and Charles Hart and Rebecca Marshall and William Cartwright. King's Company, 1669, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Dryden, John. "Tyrannick Love." The Works of John Dryden, edited by Maximillian E. Nozak and George R. Guffey. Vol. 10, University of California, 1970.

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Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat
Sighing through all her works gave signs of woe
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John Milton

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Topic
Eve Original sin Fallen world

Author

John Milton
Source
Paradise Lost
Medium
Poem
Genre
Epic poem Religious literature
Language
English
Time
1667 1660s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Milton, John. Paradise Lost. London: Samuel Simmons, 1667, bk. 8, I. 780.

Current Citation

"Paradise Lost." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 9, I. 780.

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"Nothing-so it seems to me," said the stranger, "is more beautiful than the love that has weathered the storms of life... The love of the young for the young, that is the beginning of life. But the love of the old for the old, that is the beginning of—of things longer."

Jerome K. Jerome

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Topic
Time tested love Love

Author

Jerome K. Jerome
Source
The Passing of the Third Floor Back
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1908 1900s 20th century
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