Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1J. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1925 - 404 pagina's |
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Pagina 204
... Dryden , whom they suspected as the author , to be [ 18th Dec. , 1679 ] waylaid and beaten . This incident is mentioned by the Duke of Bucking- hamshire , the true writer , in his Essay on Poetry , where he says of Dryden : Though prais ...
... Dryden , whom they suspected as the author , to be [ 18th Dec. , 1679 ] waylaid and beaten . This incident is mentioned by the Duke of Bucking- hamshire , the true writer , in his Essay on Poetry , where he says of Dryden : Though prais ...
Pagina 223
... Dryden had been preserved , except the following papers : -- I do hereby promise to pay John Dryden , Esq . , or order , on the 25th of March , 1699 , the sum of two hundred and fifty guineas , in consideration of ten thousand verses ...
... Dryden had been preserved , except the following papers : -- I do hereby promise to pay John Dryden , Esq . , or order , on the 25th of March , 1699 , the sum of two hundred and fifty guineas , in consideration of ten thousand verses ...
Pagina 261
... Dryden was too liberal , and Pope too sparing , in their use . The rhymes of Dryden are commonly just , and he valued himself for his readiness in finding them ; but he is sometimes open to objection . It is the common practice of our ...
... Dryden was too liberal , and Pope too sparing , in their use . The rhymes of Dryden are commonly just , and he valued himself for his readiness in finding them ; but he is sometimes open to objection . It is the common practice of our ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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