Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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Page 243
... DRYDEN was born August 9 , 1631 , at Ald- wincle near Oundle , the son of Erasmus Dryden of Tichmersh ; who was the third son of Sir Erasmus Dryden , Baronet , of Canons Ashby . All these places are in Northamptonshire ; but the ...
... DRYDEN was born August 9 , 1631 , at Ald- wincle near Oundle , the son of Erasmus Dryden of Tichmersh ; who was the third son of Sir Erasmus Dryden , Baronet , of Canons Ashby . All these places are in Northamptonshire ; but the ...
Page 300
... Dryden's gold for baser metal , of lower value though of greater bulk . In this , and in all his other essays on the same subject , the criticism of Dryden is the criticism of a poet ; not a dull collection of theorems , nor a rude ...
... Dryden's gold for baser metal , of lower value though of greater bulk . In this , and in all his other essays on the same subject , the criticism of Dryden is the criticism of a poet ; not a dull collection of theorems , nor a rude ...
Page 329
... Dryden himself has trans- lated , some passages excepted , which will never be excelled . With Juvenal was published Persius , translated wholly by Dryden . This work , though like all the other productions of Dryden it may have shining ...
... Dryden himself has trans- lated , some passages excepted , which will never be excelled . With Juvenal was published Persius , translated wholly by Dryden . This work , though like all the other productions of Dryden it may have shining ...
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