The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 / With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes
by John Dryden
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Chapters (32)
- THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.
- M. DCCC. LV. THE LIFE OF JOHN DRYDEN.
- CONTENTS
- DRYDEN'S POEMS.
- ON THE DEATH OF LORD HASTINGS.[1]
- HEROIC STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF OLIVER CROMWELL,
- ASTRÆA REDUX.
- TO HIS SACRED MAJESTY.
- TO THE LORD CHANCELLOR HYDE.[31]
- SATIRE ON THE DUTCH.[32]
- TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS,[34]
- ANNUS MIRABILIS:
- THE YEAR OF WONDERS, 1666.
- AN ESSAY UPON SATIRE.
- ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL.[66]
- PART I.
- TO THE READER.
- THE MEDAL.[76]
- A SATIRE AGAINST SEDITION. EPISTLE TO THE WHIGS.
- RELIGIO LAICI; OR, A LAYMAN'S FAITH.
- THE PREFACE.
- THRENODIA AUGUSTALIS:
- VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS, PARAPHRASED.
- THE HIND AND THE PANTHER.
- PREFACE.
- PART I.
- PART II.
- PART III.
- MAC FLECKNOE.[139]
- FOOTNOTES:
- BRITANNIA REDIVIVA:
- END OF FIRST VOLUME.
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