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" One day as the king was walking in the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, ' If I was a poet, (and I think I am poor enough to be one,) I would write a poem on such a subject in the following manner,' and then gave him the plan for it. "
Memoirs of the court of England during the reigns of the Stuarts, including ... - Page 267
by John Heneage Jesse - 1901
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden ..., Volume 1, Part 1

John Dryden - 1800 - 606 pages
...suggested the subject.7 " One day as the King was walking in the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, 1 If I was a poet/ and I think I am poor enough to be...the following manner.' " He then gave him the plan of THE MEDAL. Dryden took the hint, carried the poem as soon as it was written, to the King, and had...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden, Now First ...

John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 614 pages
...in the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, ' If I was a poet, and I ' SpcneeYANECDOTE*, ' ' ., . think I am poor enough to be one, I would write a...the following manner.' " He then gave him the plan of THE*MEDAL. Dryden took, the hint, carried the poem as soon as it was written, to the King, and had...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden ..., Volume 1, Issue 1

John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 608 pages
...the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, ' If I was a poet, and I 7 Spencc's ANECDOTES. think I im poor enough to be one, I would write a poem on such...the following manner.' " He then gave him the plan of THE MEDAL. Dryden took the hint, carried the poem as soon it was written, to the King, and had a...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden, Now First ...

John Dryden - 1800 - 622 pages
...Mall, and talking with Drydcn, he said, ' If I was a poet, and I ' Spcncc's ANECDOTE*. ' . . tKink I am poor enough to be one, I would write a poem on such & subject, in the following manner.' " He then gave him the plan of THB-MEDAL. Dryden took the hint,...
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Characteristic Anecdotes of Men of Learning and Genius, Natives of Great ...

John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 768 pages
...is the history of the poem of the Medal : " One day as the king was walking in the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, " If I was a poet, and I think...in the following manner." He then gave him the plan of the the Medal. Dryden took the hint, carried the poem as soon as it was written to the king, and...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Volume 9

John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 482 pages
...himself engaged Dryden to write on this theme. " One day as the king was walking in the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, ' If I was a poet, and I think...in the following manner.' He then gave him the plan of " The Medal." Dryden took the hint, carried the poem, as soon as it was written, to the king, and...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 476 pages
...himselt engaged Dryden to write on this theme. " One day as the king was walking in the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, ' If I was a poet, and I think 1 am poor enough to be one, I would write a poem on such a subject, in the following manner.' He then...
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The Literary chronicle and weekly review, Volume 2, Issues 33-83

1820 - 856 pages
...hint for writing his' poem called the Medal. One day, as the king was walking in the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, " If I was a poet, (and I think 1 am poor enough to be one,) I would write a poem on such a subject in the following manner," and then...
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Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters, of Books and Men

Joseph Spence - Authors, English - 1820 - 324 pages
...hint for writing his poem called the. Mjedal. One day as the King was walking in the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, " If I was a poet (and I think...a poem on such a subject in the following manner, "and then gave him the plan for it. Dryden took the hint, carried the poem as soon as it was written...
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Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters, of Books and Men

Joseph Spence - Authors, English - 1820 - 318 pages
...hint for writing his poem called the Medal. One day as the King was walking in the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, " If I was a poet (and I think...would write a poem on such a subject in the following manner,"andthen gave him the plan for it. Dryden took the hint, carried the poem as soon as it was...
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