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Page 271
The fourteenth of Juvenal was the work of John, and the seventh of Charles
Dryden. He prefixed a very ample preface in the form of a dedication to lord
Dorset ; and there gives an account of the design which he had once formed to
write an ...
The fourteenth of Juvenal was the work of John, and the seventh of Charles
Dryden. He prefixed a very ample preface in the form of a dedication to lord
Dorset ; and there gives an account of the design which he had once formed to
write an ...
Page 273
The lord Halifax likewise sent to the lady Elizabeth and Mr. Charles Dryden her
son, that, if they would give him leave to bury Mr. Dryden, he would inter him with
a gentleman's private funeral, and afterwards bestow five hundred pounds on a ...
The lord Halifax likewise sent to the lady Elizabeth and Mr. Charles Dryden her
son, that, if they would give him leave to bury Mr. Dryden, he would inter him with
a gentleman's private funeral, and afterwards bestow five hundred pounds on a ...
Page 275
Mr. 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 of ...
Mr. 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 of ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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