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The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 10 — John Shaqi

The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 10Dryden, John

Religion

The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 10

Name: The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 10
Author: Dryden, John

Dryden, John

English literature

THE

    WORKS

    OF

    JOHN DRYDEN,

    NOW FIRST COLLECTED

    _IN EIGHTEEN VOLUMES_.

           *       *       *       *       *

    ILLUSTRATED

    WITH NOTES,

    HISTORICAL, CRITICAL, AND EXPLANATORY,

    AND

    A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

    BY

    WALTER SCOTT, ESQ.

           *       *       *       *       *

    VOL. X.

    LONDON:
    PRINTED FOR WILLIAM MILLER, ALBEMARLE STREET,
    BY JAMES BALLANTYNE AND CO. EDINBURGH.

    1808.

CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME TENTH.

                                                                   PAGE.

    Religio Laici, or a Layman's Faith, an Epistle,                    1
    Preface,                                                          11

    Threnodia Augustalis, a Funeral Pindaric Poem, sacred
    to the happy Memory of King Charles II.                           53
    Notes,                                                            79

    The Hind and the Panther, a Poem, in Three Parts,                 85
    Preface,                                                         109
    Notes on Part I.                                                 139
    Part II.                                                         159
    Notes on Part II.                                                185
    Part III.                                                        195
    Notes on Part III.                                               240

    Britannia Rediviva, a Poem on the Birth of the
    Prince,                                                          283
    Notes,                                                           302

    Prologues and Epilogues,                                         309

    Mack-Flecknoe, a Satire against Thomas Shadwell,                 425
    Notes,                                                           441

RELIGIO LAICI:

OR,

A LAYMAN'S FAITH.

AN EPISTLE.

_Ornari res ipsa negat; contenta doceri._

ARGUMENT.

TAKEN FROM THE AUTHOR'S MARGINAL NOTES.

    Opinions of the several Sects of Philosophers concerning the
    _Summum bonum_.--System of Deism.--Of Revealed Religion.--Objection
    of the Deist.--Objection answered.--Digression to the Translator
    of Father Simon's Critical Edition of the Old Testament.--Of the
    Infallibility of Tradition in general.--Objection in behalf of
    Tradition, urged by Father Simon.--The Second Objection.--Answered.

RELIGIO LAICI.

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The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 10

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