Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind — John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
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Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind

— John Dryden, Four Plays by Dryden: The Conquest of Granada parts 1 and 2, Marriage-a-la-Mode, and The Assignation
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