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 ix
... writing ; neither does he pre- tend to burthen the reader's attention with heaps of quotations from learned authors . Some re- markable imitations he has indeed pointed out ; and for the rest , he leaves the reader to employ his own ...
... writing ; neither does he pre- tend to burthen the reader's attention with heaps of quotations from learned authors . Some re- markable imitations he has indeed pointed out ; and for the rest , he leaves the reader to employ his own ...
Page x
... written ; begin- ning 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 ...
... written ; begin- ning 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 ...
Page xii
... writing , to furnish his friend with fuch a prefent , on his printing any thing ; and the publication of them , indifcri- minately , was obferved , because they were moftly folicited . << THE LIFE O F JOHN DRYDEN , Efq ; D xii ...
... writing , to furnish his friend with fuch a prefent , on his printing any thing ; and the publication of them , indifcri- minately , was obferved , because they were moftly folicited . << THE LIFE O F JOHN DRYDEN , Efq ; D xii ...
Page xv
... written a play in rhyme , entituled , Queen Gorboduc , whereas it was King Gorboduc , the compofition blank verfe ; and only the two laft acts were written by that eminent nobleman ; the author of the three first acts being one Mr ...
... written a play in rhyme , entituled , Queen Gorboduc , whereas it was King Gorboduc , the compofition blank verfe ; and only the two laft acts were written by that eminent nobleman ; the author of the three first acts being one Mr ...
Page xvi
... writing ; and that he invented the character of Hippolito , who never faw a woman , to match with Miranda in Shakespear's Tempeft , who never faw a man . Sir William D'Avenant dying in April 1668 , our author fucceeded him as poet ...
... writing ; and that he invented the character of Hippolito , who never faw a woman , to match with Miranda in Shakespear's Tempeft , who never faw a man . Sir William D'Avenant dying in April 1668 , our author fucceeded him as poet ...
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