The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 18Dryden, John
General
The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 18
Dryden, John
English literature
Life of Virgil, xiii. 297
his birth, ib. 298
education, ib. 300
visits Rome, ib. 301
is introduced to Octavius, ib. 302
visits Athens, ib. 306
loses his patrimony, ib. 307
recovers his patrimony, ib. 309
in favour with Augustus, ib, 313
Pastorals, ib. 310
Georgics, ib. 311
Æneis, ib. 316
sickness and death of, ib. 321
Life of Cleomenes, viii. 207
Plutarch, xvii, 1
remarks on, ib. 3
birth, ib. 19
education, ib. 23
travels, ib. 27
religion ib. 31
marriage, ib. 39
children, ib. 39
visits Rome, ib. 45
letter to Trojan, ib. 49
his Lives, ib. 51
chosen Archon of Chæronea, ib. 51
other works, ib. 52
Life of Lucian, xviii, 53
remarks on, ib. 55
Congreve, by Wilson, Extract from, ib. 200
Lilburn, John, account of, vi. 363
Lillie, John, share of in determining the taste of the age of Queen
Elizabeth, i. 7
Lilly, the astrologer, x. 263
Limberham, or the Kind Keeper, a comedy, vi. 1
remarks on, ib. 3
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 6
prologue to, ib. 13
epilogue to, ib. 114
Lindsay, Earl of, account of, v. 304
List of Dryden’s Plays, with the respective dates of their being acted
and published, i, 367
List of the Nine Worthies, xi, 372
Literary friends of Dryden, i, 373
pursuits, effect of the Revolution upon, i, 385
London, immunities of city of defended, vii, 127
plague in city of, in 1665, ix, 189
city of, dedication to, ix, 89
fire of, conduct of Charles II. on, ix. 187
dreadful effects of, ib. 189
Love in a Nunnery, a comedy, iv, 343
Love Triumphant, or Nature will Prevail, a tragic comedy, viii. 331
remarks on, ib. 333
Dryden’s last Dramatic work, ib. 333
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 337
prologue to, ib. 344
epilogue to, ib. 435
Love’s Kingdom, a pastoral tragi-comedy, extract from, x, 453
Love, description of, xiv. 173
Loyal Feast defeated, extracts from poem of, ix, 390
apprentices dinner, ib. 396
Medal vindicated, extracts from, ib. 423
cause, military chiefs of the city attached to, ib. 451
Brother, prologue to, x, 374
anecdote of, ib. 370
epilogue to, ib. 377
Loyalty of the church of England, x, 154
Lucian, life of, xviii, 53
remarks on, ib. 55
first profession of, ib. 60
teaches rhetoric, and studies law, ib. 61
death of, ib. 61
religion of, ib. 63
character of, ib. 70
murder of, by Rufinus, ib. 57
Lucilius, the satirist, character of, xiii, 58
Lucretius, character of, xii, 272
indelicacy of, ib. 276
translations from, xii, 307-337
beginning of 1st book, xii, 311
2d, ib. 314
3d, ib. 317
4th, ib. 326
5th, ib. 337
Lucretius of Creech, note and letter concerning, xviii, 94
Lute and Sword, combination of, ridiculed, x, 450
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