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Page vii
... VERSES TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS , ON THE MEMORABLE VICTORY GAINED BY THE DUKE AGAINST THE HOLLANDERS , JUNE 3 , 1665 , AND ON HER JOURNEY AFTERWARDS INTO THE NORTH . ANNUS MIRABILIS : THE YEAR OF WONDERS , 1666 ABSALOM AND ...
... VERSES TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS , ON THE MEMORABLE VICTORY GAINED BY THE DUKE AGAINST THE HOLLANDERS , JUNE 3 , 1665 , AND ON HER JOURNEY AFTERWARDS INTO THE NORTH . ANNUS MIRABILIS : THE YEAR OF WONDERS , 1666 ABSALOM AND ...
Page viii
... Verse 308 To my friend Mr. Northleigh , Author of the Parallel , on his Triumph of the Bri- tish Monarchy 310 To my ingenious fiend , Henry Higen , Esq . , on his Translation of the Tenth Satire of Juvenal A Letter to Sir George ...
... Verse 308 To my friend Mr. Northleigh , Author of the Parallel , on his Triumph of the Bri- tish Monarchy 310 To my ingenious fiend , Henry Higen , Esq . , on his Translation of the Tenth Satire of Juvenal A Letter to Sir George ...
Page xv
... verses , elegies , odes , and complimentary addresses , which he also practised and excelled in . He placed Satire on a pinnacle in our literature , and he is the greatest satirist of British poetry . As a reasoner in verse he is ...
... verses , elegies , odes , and complimentary addresses , which he also practised and excelled in . He placed Satire on a pinnacle in our literature , and he is the greatest satirist of British poetry . As a reasoner in verse he is ...
Page xxi
... publication of Absalom and Achito- * Verses addressed to Charles Montague , Earl of Halifax , by Laurence Eusden , a poet - laureate , quoted by Malone in his Life , p . 50 . 2 . 3 . / phel " near the close MEMOIR OF DRYDEN . xxi.
... publication of Absalom and Achito- * Verses addressed to Charles Montague , Earl of Halifax , by Laurence Eusden , a poet - laureate , quoted by Malone in his Life , p . 50 . 2 . 3 . / phel " near the close MEMOIR OF DRYDEN . xxi.
Page xxii
... verse of consummate skill . The second portion will extend to the Revolution of 1688 , when he ceased to hold the offices of Poet- Laureate and Historiographer Royal , which he had received from Charles , and losing all his official ...
... verse of consummate skill . The second portion will extend to the Revolution of 1688 , when he ceased to hold the offices of Poet- Laureate and Historiographer Royal , which he had received from Charles , and losing all his official ...
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