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Page 242
... Preface . Aesculapius , or the Hospital of Fools , published after his death . A collection of Letters and Poems , amorous and gallant , was published in the volumes called Dryden's Miscellany , and some other occasional pieces . To his ...
... Preface . Aesculapius , or the Hospital of Fools , published after his death . A collection of Letters and Poems , amorous and gallant , was published in the volumes called Dryden's Miscellany , and some other occasional pieces . To his ...
Page 248
... preface to a collection of plays , had censured his opinion . Dryden vindicated himself in his Dialogue on Dramatick Poetry ; Howard , in his Preface to the Duke of Lerma , animadverted on the Vindication ; and Dryden , in a Preface to ...
... preface to a collection of plays , had censured his opinion . Dryden vindicated himself in his Dialogue on Dramatick Poetry ; Howard , in his Preface to the Duke of Lerma , animadverted on the Vindication ; and Dryden , in a Preface to ...
Page 292
... preface of his Fables . To the censure of Collier , whose remarks may be rather termed admonitions than criticisms , he makes little reply ; being , at the age of sixty - eight , attentive to better things than the claps of a playhouse ...
... preface of his Fables . To the censure of Collier , whose remarks may be rather termed admonitions than criticisms , he makes little reply ; being , at the age of sixty - eight , attentive to better things than the claps of a playhouse ...
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