Self-preservation is the first of laws
- DMI number:
- 20392
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Self-preservation is the first of laws
- Last Line:
- To cut for them when self-defence requires it
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from The Spanish Friar Act 4 Scene 2. Calif. XIV (1993): 169.
- Title:
- Thesaurus Dramaticus [II] [T134540] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.154
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dr. Sp. Friar.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
Poem Aliases
Dryden. Spanish Friar.
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