Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageG. Olms, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 83
... Dryden ' ; and soon afterwards published a translation of the greater part of the Fourth Georgick upon Bees ; after which , says Dryden , ' my latter swarm is hardly worth the hiving " . ' About the same time he composed the arguments ...
... Dryden ' ; and soon afterwards published a translation of the greater part of the Fourth Georgick upon Bees ; after which , says Dryden , ' my latter swarm is hardly worth the hiving " . ' About the same time he composed the arguments ...
Page 179
... Dryden's Works , xv . 200 , and Eng . Poets , xviii . 124 , where it is attributed to both poets . It is in ... Dryden in 1685 , said that ' Sheffield's Essay was a good deal corrected by Dryden . Could anything , ' he continues , ' be ...
... Dryden's Works , xv . 200 , and Eng . Poets , xviii . 124 , where it is attributed to both poets . It is in ... Dryden in 1685 , said that ' Sheffield's Essay was a good deal corrected by Dryden . Could anything , ' he continues , ' be ...
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... Dryden's Hind and Panther , in conjunction with Mr. Montague . There is a story of great pain suffered and of tears shed on this occasion by Dryden , who thought it hard that ' an old man should be so treated by those to whom he had ...
... Dryden's Hind and Panther , in conjunction with Mr. Montague . There is a story of great pain suffered and of tears shed on this occasion by Dryden , who thought it hard that ' an old man should be so treated by those to whom he had ...
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