Kings' titles commonly begin by force, Which time wears off, and mellows into right; So power, which, in one age, is tyranny, Is ripened, in the next, to true succession: She's in possession. The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes - Pagina 440 de John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 Vizualizare completă -
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