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... Dryden wrote a handsome letter to the lord Jefferies , who returned it with this cool answer , " That he knew ... Dryden's decease , was ap- pointed for the interment : Dr. Garth pronounced a fine Latin oration , at the College , over ...
... Dryden wrote a handsome letter to the lord Jefferies , who returned it with this cool answer , " That he knew ... Dryden's decease , was ap- pointed for the interment : Dr. Garth pronounced a fine Latin oration , at the College , over ...
Page 285
... Dryden . ' ' I say , received by me ' John Dryden . Two hundred and fifty guineas , at 1l . 1s 6d . is 2681. 155 . It is manifest from the dates of this contract , that it relates to the volume of Fables , which contains about twelve ...
... Dryden . ' ' I say , received by me ' John Dryden . Two hundred and fifty guineas , at 1l . 1s 6d . is 2681. 155 . It is manifest from the dates of this contract , that it relates to the volume of Fables , which contains about twelve ...
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... Dryden was too liberal and Pope too sparing in their use . The rhymes of Dryden are commonly just , and he * valued himself for his readiness in finding them ; but he is sometimes open to objection . It is the common practice of our ...
... Dryden was too liberal and Pope too sparing in their use . The rhymes of Dryden are commonly just , and he * valued himself for his readiness in finding them ; but he is sometimes open to objection . It is the common practice of our ...
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