The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 130
... Dryden , who regrets that the heroic measure was not rather chosen . To the critical sentence of Dryden the highest ... JOHN WILMOT , afterwards Earl of Rochester , 130 BUTLER .
... Dryden , who regrets that the heroic measure was not rather chosen . To the critical sentence of Dryden the highest ... JOHN WILMOT , afterwards Earl of Rochester , 130 BUTLER .
Page 197
... Dryden , it is reasonable to believe that he would have admitted a more pleasing modulation of numbers into his work ... John , in return for a present of wine and tobacco , which cannot be passed without notice . It is gay and elegant ...
... Dryden , it is reasonable to believe that he would have admitted a more pleasing modulation of numbers into his work ... John , in return for a present of wine and tobacco , which cannot be passed without notice . It is gay and elegant ...
Page 207
... JOHN DRYDEN was born August 9 , 1631 , at Aldwinkle , near Oundle , the son of Erasmus Dryden , of Titchmersh ; who was the third son of Sir Erasmus Dryden , baronet , of Canons Ashby . All these places are in Northamptonshire ; but the ...
... JOHN DRYDEN was born August 9 , 1631 , at Aldwinkle , near Oundle , the son of Erasmus Dryden , of Titchmersh ; who was the third son of Sir Erasmus Dryden , baronet , of Canons Ashby . All these places are in Northamptonshire ; but the ...
Page 239
... 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 epic 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 epic poem on the actions either of ...
Page 243
... Dryden could never have the satisfaction of meeting him , though he sought it till his death with the utmost ... John , and Henry . Charles was usher of the palace to Pope Clement the XIth ; and , visiting England , in 1704 , was drowned in ...
... Dryden could never have the satisfaction of meeting him , though he sought it till his death with the utmost ... John , and Henry . Charles was usher of the palace to Pope Clement the XIth ; and , visiting England , in 1704 , was drowned in ...
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