Enthusiast in Wit: A Portrait of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, 1647-1680Routledge and Paul, 1962 - 246 pages |
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Page 92
... Dryden's reputation but of his fortune and this and some other expressions in the epistle may mean that Dryden's appointment to the laureateship was due in some measure to Rochester's influence with the King.1 That Rochester gave Dryden ...
... Dryden's reputation but of his fortune and this and some other expressions in the epistle may mean that Dryden's appointment to the laureateship was due in some measure to Rochester's influence with the King.1 That Rochester gave Dryden ...
Page 99
... Dryden Rochester's criticism is fair enough . He goes on to a series of acute comments on poets and dramatists of the day , leading up to a characterization of the poetry of his friends Buckhurst and Sedley , and then returns to Dryden ...
... Dryden Rochester's criticism is fair enough . He goes on to a series of acute comments on poets and dramatists of the day , leading up to a characterization of the poetry of his friends Buckhurst and Sedley , and then returns to Dryden ...
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... Dryden . He does not mention Rochester but states the common opinion at the time was that the Duchess of Portsmouth was the real culprit : ' About the same time Mr. John Dryden was sett upon in Covent Garden in the evening by three ...
... Dryden . He does not mention Rochester but states the common opinion at the time was that the Duchess of Portsmouth was the real culprit : ' About the same time Mr. John Dryden was sett upon in Covent Garden in the evening by three ...
Contents
Two THE CLIMATE OF OPINION | 22 |
Three VERY ACCEPTABLE IN A COURT | 32 |
Four THE UTOPIA OF GALLANTRY | 60 |
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