The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 18Dryden, John
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The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 18
Dryden, John
English literature
Advertisement to the Duke of Guise, vii, 133
regarding poems ascribed to Dryden, xv, 199
Essay on Dramatic Poesy, xv, 292
translation of Plutarchs’ Lives, xvii, 3
the first edition of the translation of Virgil’s works, xiii, 281
Advice to a young painter, xvii, 377-468
Æneas, Epistle to, xii, 35
Æneid, moral of, xiv, 150
disputed by Heyne, ib. 150
four first lines of, not Virgil’s, ib. 225
Æneis, time of action of, xiv, 189
machinery of, ib. 193
of Virgil, xiv, 125, xv, 1-186
dedication of, xiv, 127
Book I. xiv, 231, notes on, ib. 262
II. ib. 264
III. ib. 296, note on, ib. 322
IV. ib. 324 ib. 353
V. ib. 355
VI. ib. 388, notes on, ib. 424
VII. ib. 429 ib. 461
VIII. xv, 1 xv, 29
IX. ib. 30 ib. 62
X. ib. 64 ib. 102
XI. ib. 105
XII. ib. 143, notes on, ib. 183
Postscript to, xv, 187
Agathias, epigram of, xvii, 76
Age of Queen Elizabeth, false wit one character of, i, 7
share of John Lillie in determining the taste of, ib. 7
James I. prevalence of false taste in, i, 9
play of words in, ib. 10
Age, golden, xii, 66
silver, ib. 67
brazen, ib. 68
iron, ib. 68
Agreement of Dryden with Jacob Tonson concerning the Fables, xviii, 191
Ajax and Ulysses, speeches of, xii, 181
death of, ib. 198
Albemarle, Duke of, gallant actions of, ix, 168-171
account of, ib. 394
Albion and Albanus, an opera, vii, 209
remarks on, ib. 211
verses in ridicule of, ib. 213
preface to, ib. 216
prologue to, ib. 228
frontispiece to, ib. 231
epilogue to, ib. 268
Albumazar, character of, x, 416
prologue to, ib. 416
Alexander’s Feast, or the Power of Music, an ode, xi, 183
Alexandrine, uncommon one of Tom Brown, ix, 415
Alexis, a pastoral, xiii, 374
All for Love, or, the World Well Lost, a tragedy, v, 285
remarks on, ib. 287
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 296
preface to, ib. 306
prologue to, ib. 321
epilogue to, ib. 411
original performers in, ib. 294
character of, i, 238
Allen, Sir Thomas, enterprise of, ix, 177
Almanzor and Almahide, a tragedy, Part I. iv, 1
Amaryllis, or third idyllium of Theocritus, xii, 287
Amboyna, or the cruelties of the Dutch to the English merchants, a
tragedy, v, 1
Dryden’s worst play, ib. 4
remarks on, ib. 3
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 5
prologue to, ib. 10
epilogue to, ib. 87
American colonies, a refuge for the disaffected, x, 394
Amours (Ovid’s) translations from, xii, 257
Amphitryon, or the two Sosias, a comedy, viii, 1
remarks on, ib. 3
letter and verses on, ib. 5
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 7
prologue to, ib. 12
epilogue to, ib. 106
Amyntas, a pastoral elegy, xi, 139
Anabaptists, account of, x, 145
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