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... mention and uncertain tradition have fupplied . JOHN DRYDEN was born Auguft 9 , 1631 , at Aldwinkle near Oundle , the son of Erafmus Dryden of Tichmerth ; who was the third fon of Sir Erafmas Dryden , Baronet , of Canons Afhby . All ...
... mention and uncertain tradition have fupplied . JOHN DRYDEN was born Auguft 9 , 1631 , at Aldwinkle near Oundle , the son of Erafmus Dryden of Tichmerth ; who was the third fon of Sir Erafmas Dryden , Baronet , of Canons Afhby . All ...
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... mentioned by him with fome disrespect in the preface to Juvenal . The Affignation , or Love in a Nunnery , a comedy ( 1673 ) , was driven off the ftage , against the opinion , as the author fays , of the beft judges . It is dedicated ...
... mentioned by him with fome disrespect in the preface to Juvenal . The Affignation , or Love in a Nunnery , a comedy ( 1673 ) , was driven off the ftage , against the opinion , as the author fays , of the beft judges . It is dedicated ...
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... mentioned by Dryden in his preface . As he came out from the re- prefentation , he was accofted thus by fome airy ftripling : " Had I been left alone with a young beauty , I would not have spent my " time like your Spartan . " " That ...
... mentioned by Dryden in his preface . As he came out from the re- prefentation , he was accofted thus by fome airy ftripling : " Had I been left alone with a young beauty , I would not have spent my " time like your Spartan . " " That ...
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... were never discovered ) , they procured Dryden , whom they fufpected as the author , to be waylaid and beaten . This incident is mentioned by the duke of Buckinghamshire , the the true writer , in his Art of Poetry ; 58 DRY DE N.
... were never discovered ) , they procured Dryden , whom they fufpected as the author , to be waylaid and beaten . This incident is mentioned by the duke of Buckinghamshire , the the true writer , in his Art of Poetry ; 58 DRY DE N.
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... mentioned without fome degree of indigna- tion ; but it is not , I fuppofe , so much to be inferred , that Dryden wanted the litera- ture neceffary to the perufal of Tacitus , as that , confidering himfelf as hidden in a crowd , he had ...
... mentioned without fome degree of indigna- tion ; but it is not , I fuppofe , so much to be inferred , that Dryden wanted the litera- ture neceffary to the perufal of Tacitus , as that , confidering himfelf as hidden in a crowd , he had ...
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