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John Dryden was born August 9, 1 631, at Aldwincle 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
original ...
John Dryden was born August 9, 1 631, at Aldwincle 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
original ...
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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 342
Copy of an original Letter from John Dryden, Esq.; to his sons in Italy, from a MS.
in the Lambeth Library, marked N° 933. p. 56. {Superscribed) Al Illustrissimo
Sigre Carlo Dryden Camariere d'Honore A.S.S. In Roma. Franca per Mantoua.
Copy of an original Letter from John Dryden, Esq.; to his sons in Italy, from a MS.
in the Lambeth Library, marked N° 933. p. 56. {Superscribed) Al Illustrissimo
Sigre Carlo Dryden Camariere d'Honore A.S.S. In Roma. Franca per Mantoua.
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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