Lives of The English Poets Volume I1961 |
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Page 263
... Dryden , and another of Dryden and Lord Mulgrave , it was necessary to introduce them by a preface ; and Dryden , who on such occasions was regularly summoned , prefixed a discourse upon translation , which was then struggling for the ...
... Dryden , and another of Dryden and Lord Mulgrave , it was necessary to introduce them by a preface ; and Dryden , who on such occasions was regularly summoned , prefixed a discourse upon translation , which was then struggling for the ...
Page 273
... Dryden dying on the Wednesday morning , Dr. Thomas Sprat , then bishop of Rochester and dean of Westminster , sent the next day to the lady Elizabeth Howard , Mr. Dryden's widow , that he would make a present of the ground , which was ...
... Dryden dying on the Wednesday morning , Dr. Thomas Sprat , then bishop of Rochester and dean of Westminster , sent the next day to the lady Elizabeth Howard , Mr. Dryden's widow , that he would make a present of the ground , which was ...
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... Dryden was too liberal and Pope too sparing in their use . The rhymes of Dryden are commonly just , and he valued himself for his readiness in finding them ; but he is sometimes open to objection . It is the common practice of our poets ...
... Dryden was too liberal and Pope too sparing in their use . The rhymes of Dryden are commonly just , and he valued himself for his readiness in finding them ; but he is sometimes open to objection . It is the common practice of our poets ...
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