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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: EPISTLE THE SECOND. TO MY HONOURED FRIEND SIR ROBERT HOWARD, ON IIIS EXCELLENT POEMS. This epistle was prefixed to Sir Robert Howard's poems, printed for Herringman, 12mo, l660, and entered in the Stationers' books on l6th April that year. It was probably written about the commencement of Dryden's intimacy with the author, whose sister he afterwards married. Sir Robert Howard, son to the Earl of Berkshire, a man of quality, a wit, and a cavalier, was able to extend effectual patronage to a rising author; and so willing to do it, that he is even said to have received Dryden into his own house. These lines, therefore, make part of Dryden's grateful acknowledgments, of which more may be found in the prefatory letter to the Annus Mirabilis, addressed to Sir Robert Howard. The friendship of the brother poets was afterwards suspended for sometime, in consequence of Sir Robert's strictures on the Essay on Dramatic Poetry, and Dryden's contemptuous refutation of his criticism. But there is reason to believe, that this interval of coldness was of short duration; and that, if the warmth ot their origi- I am so mupy ways obliged to you, and so little able to return your favours, that, like those who owe too much, I can only live by getting farther into your debt. You have not only been caretul ot my fortune, which was the effect of your nobleness, but you have been solicitous of my reputation, which is that of your kindness. nal intimacy was never renewed, the)' resumed the usual kindly intercourse of relations and friends. The epistle itself is earlier in date than the poem called Astrea Redux, which was probably not published till the summer of l660 was somewhat advanced. This copy of verses, therefore, is the first avowed production of our author aft...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217915953 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217915957 |
| Weight | 1.22 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.84 In |
| List Price | $23.00 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 376 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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