The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq;: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales, and Translations, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1760 |
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Page xiv
... Charles the Second's Coronation . On New - year's day 1662 , he prefented a poem to lord chancellor Hyde ; and the fame year wrote a loofe fatire on the Dutch , the first twenty - four lines of which he afterwards prefixed as a prologue ...
... Charles the Second's Coronation . On New - year's day 1662 , he prefented a poem to lord chancellor Hyde ; and the fame year wrote a loofe fatire on the Dutch , the first twenty - four lines of which he afterwards prefixed as a prologue ...
Page xix
... Charles Sedley , fays , he knows not whether to charge the miscarriage to the number of his enemies , or the defects of the performance . We have mentioned together the plays laid hold of by the author of the Rehearfal ; and , as nearly ...
... Charles Sedley , fays , he knows not whether to charge the miscarriage to the number of his enemies , or the defects of the performance . We have mentioned together the plays laid hold of by the author of the Rehearfal ; and , as nearly ...
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... Charles not only pre- ferred it to all the other dramatic works of our poet , but even had fome hand in adjusting the contrivance of it . The State of Innocence , or the Fall of Man , an opera , taken from Paradife Loft , was published ...
... Charles not only pre- ferred it to all the other dramatic works of our poet , but even had fome hand in adjusting the contrivance of it . The State of Innocence , or the Fall of Man , an opera , taken from Paradife Loft , was published ...
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... Charles the Second , in the most lively terms ; and what added to the force of his fatire or panegyric , was , through the whole , his firm adherence to truth . It went through feveral editions ; and complimentary poems were poured in ...
... Charles the Second , in the most lively terms ; and what added to the force of his fatire or panegyric , was , through the whole , his firm adherence to truth . It went through feveral editions ; and complimentary poems were poured in ...
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... CHARLES DRYDEN . 250 Guineas at 11. 15. 6d . -- is 2681. 155. od , This was a very confiderable price for poetry in those days ; and , together with the bookseller's specifying barely the number of lines , without reftricting them ...
... CHARLES DRYDEN . 250 Guineas at 11. 15. 6d . -- is 2681. 155. od , This was a very confiderable price for poetry in those days ; and , together with the bookseller's specifying barely the number of lines , without reftricting them ...
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