Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 271
... Charles Dryden . He prefixed a very ample preface in the form of a dedication to lord Dorset ; and there gives an account of the design which he had once formed to write an epick poem on the actions either of Arthur or the Black Prince ...
... Charles Dryden . He prefixed a very ample preface in the form of a dedication to lord Dorset ; and there gives an account of the design which he had once formed to write an epick poem on the actions either of Arthur or the Black Prince ...
Page 274
... Charles Dryden waited on the lord Halifax and the bishop , to excuse his mother and himself , by relating the real truth . But neither his lordship nor the bishop would admit of any plea ; especially the latter , who had the Abbey ...
... Charles Dryden waited on the lord Halifax and the bishop , to excuse his mother and himself , by relating the real truth . But neither his lordship nor the bishop would admit of any plea ; especially the latter , who had the Abbey ...
Page 275
... Charles Dryden wrote a handsome letter to the lord Jefferies , who returned it with this cool answer , " That he knew nothing of the matter , and would be troubled no more about it . " He then addressed the lord Halifax and the bishop ...
... Charles Dryden wrote a handsome letter to the lord Jefferies , who returned it with this cool answer , " That he knew nothing of the matter , and would be troubled no more about it . " He then addressed the lord Halifax and the bishop ...
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