Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 160
... Charles's reign : Unhappy Dryden ! in all Charles's days , Roscommon only boasts unspotted lays . His great work is his Essay on Translated Verse ; of which Dryden writes thus in the preface to his Mis- cellanies : ' It was my Lord ...
... Charles's reign : Unhappy Dryden ! in all Charles's days , Roscommon only boasts unspotted lays . His great work is his Essay on Translated Verse ; of which Dryden writes thus in the preface to his Mis- cellanies : ' It was my Lord ...
Page 275
... Charles Dryden wrote a handsome letter to the lord Jefferies , who returned it with this cool answer , " That he knew nothing of the matter , and would be troubled no more about it . " He then addressed the lord Halifax and the bishop ...
... Charles Dryden wrote a handsome letter to the lord Jefferies , who returned it with this cool answer , " That he knew nothing of the matter , and would be troubled no more about it . " He then addressed the lord Halifax and the bishop ...
Page 285
... Charles Dryden . ' ' I say , received by me ' John Dryden . Two hundred and fifty guineas , at 11. Is 6d . is 2681. 155 . It is manifest from the dates of this contract , that it relates to the volume of Fables , which contains about ...
... Charles Dryden . ' ' I say , received by me ' John Dryden . Two hundred and fifty guineas , at 11. Is 6d . is 2681. 155 . It is manifest from the dates of this contract , that it relates to the volume of Fables , which contains about ...
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