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 iii
... first collected and illustrated with Notes ; perhaps the acknowledged eminence of the author may apologise for the inconfiderableness of the editor . To whom can thefe poems be more properly inscribed than to fuch a patron as Dryden ...
... first collected and illustrated with Notes ; perhaps the acknowledged eminence of the author may apologise for the inconfiderableness of the editor . To whom can thefe poems be more properly inscribed than to fuch a patron as Dryden ...
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... first with the earliest . The dedication of the Annus Mirabilis to the city of London , is added from the first edition of that poem in 4to ; and we have given the entire fecond part of Ab- falom and Achitophel , though a good deal of ...
... first with the earliest . The dedication of the Annus Mirabilis to the city of London , is added from the first edition of that poem in 4to ; and we have given the entire fecond part of Ab- falom and Achitophel , though a good deal of ...
Page xiv
... first in this collection , and tranflated the Third Satire of Perfius , for a Thurfday night's exer- cife . The latter is much the better performance ; and it is not unlikely that he retouched it before he per- mitted it to be published ...
... first in this collection , and tranflated the Third Satire of Perfius , for a Thurfday night's exer- cife . The latter is much the better performance ; and it is not unlikely that he retouched it before he per- mitted it to be published ...
Page xv
... first acts being one Mr. Thomas Norton . These are overfights , in which Langbaine , who miffes no opportunity of ufing our author with afperity , triumphs prodigiously . His arguments were contro- verted by Sir Robert Howard , in a ...
... first acts being one Mr. Thomas Norton . These are overfights , in which Langbaine , who miffes no opportunity of ufing our author with afperity , triumphs prodigiously . His arguments were contro- verted by Sir Robert Howard , in a ...
Page xvii
... first part of the Conqueft of Grenada , there is prefixed an effay on Heroic Plays ; and the fecond part is followed by a defence of the epilogue , or an effay on the Dramatic Poetry of the preceding age , in which epilogue he is fevere ...
... first part of the Conqueft of Grenada , there is prefixed an effay on Heroic Plays ; and the fecond part is followed by a defence of the epilogue , or an effay on the Dramatic Poetry of the preceding age , in which epilogue he is fevere ...
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