Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 271
... John , and the seventh of 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 ...
... John , and the seventh of 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 ...
Page 276
... DRYDEN . He married the lady Elizabeth Howard , daughter of the earl of Berkshire , with circumstances , according to the satire imputed to lord Somers , not very honourable to either party : by her he had three sons , Charles , John ...
... DRYDEN . He married the lady Elizabeth Howard , daughter of the earl of Berkshire , with circumstances , according to the satire imputed to lord Somers , not very honourable to either party : by her he had three sons , Charles , John ...
Page 284
... 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 ...
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