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 vii
... whole of his original poems and tranflations ( the plays and his Virgil excepted ) has been the bufinefs of the prefent editor . As the former of thefe confift of fatires , politics , and private hif- tory , which in a few years would ...
... whole of his original poems and tranflations ( the plays and his Virgil excepted ) has been the bufinefs of the prefent editor . As the former of thefe confift of fatires , politics , and private hif- tory , which in a few years would ...
Page x
... whole nar- ration is rendered thereby more perfect and uni- form . We have alfo reprinted Soam's tranflation of the Art of Poetry , as Dryden had a very con- fiderable hand in it , and permitted his name to be inferted in the title ...
... whole nar- ration is rendered thereby more perfect and uni- form . We have alfo reprinted Soam's tranflation of the Art of Poetry , as Dryden had a very con- fiderable hand in it , and permitted his name to be inferted in the title ...
Page xi
... whole of his Perfius , none of them in the edition of 1742 . Thus we think we have collected all his loofe pieces ; and if this edition fhould meet that en- couragement from the public , which the merits of fuch an author deferve , and ...
... whole of his Perfius , none of them in the edition of 1742 . Thus we think we have collected all his loofe pieces ; and if this edition fhould meet that en- couragement from the public , which the merits of fuch an author deferve , and ...
Page xxiii
... whole , his firm adherence to truth . through feveral editions ; and complimentary poems were poured in upon the editor , addreffed to the un- known author , fome of them figned by the greatest wits of the times . It went The character ...
... whole , his firm adherence to truth . through feveral editions ; and complimentary poems were poured in upon the editor , addreffed to the un- known author , fome of them figned by the greatest wits of the times . It went The character ...
Page xxiv
... whole fourth act , and half , or rather more , of the fifth . In the year 1684 , he published Maimbourg's Hif- tory of the League , tranflated from the French , by the king's efpecial defire , on account of the plain pa- rallel ...
... whole fourth act , and half , or rather more , of the fifth . In the year 1684 , he published Maimbourg's Hif- tory of the League , tranflated from the French , by the king's efpecial defire , on account of the plain pa- rallel ...
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