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Page 137
Wood relates that he was secretary to Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, when he was
Chancellor of Cambridge: this is doubted by the other writer, who yet allows the
Duke to have been his frequent benefactor. That both these accounts are false ...
Wood relates that he was secretary to Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, when he was
Chancellor of Cambridge: this is doubted by the other writer, who yet allows the
Duke to have been his frequent benefactor. That both these accounts are false ...
Page 240
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 the Indian Emperor, replied to the Animadversions with great asperity,
...
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 the Indian Emperor, replied to the Animadversions with great asperity,
...
Page 365
DUKE Of Mr. Richard Duke I can find few memorials. He was bred at Westminster
and Cambridge; and Jacob relates, that he was some time tutor to the duke of
Richmond. He appears from his writings to have been not ill qualified for poetical
...
DUKE Of Mr. Richard Duke I can find few memorials. He was bred at Westminster
and Cambridge; and Jacob relates, that he was some time tutor to the duke of
Richmond. He appears from his writings to have been not ill qualified for poetical
...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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