No More Learning

306
action, what, ib. 307
of time, neglected by Terence, xv, 315
and action, scrupulously observed by the French authors, xv, 325

University, Dryden’s residence at, i, 31
of Oxford’s decree concerning non-resistance, x, 241
of Oxford, prologues to, x, 328, 358, 378, 385
epilogues to, ib. 360, 381

Usurpation of Cromwell, Shaftesbury’s situation during, ix, 445

Urania’s Temple, or a Satire upon the Silent Poets, xviii, 224


V.

Varronian satire, what, xiii, 61

Vaughan, Lord, account of, vi, 6
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 6

Veni Creator Spiritus, paraphrased, xi, 190

Verbal translation impossible, xii, 12
opinion of Sir John Denham on, ib. 14

Veronese, Paul, character of as a painter, xvii, 494

Verses on the Conquest of Granada, iv, 29
State of Innocence, v, 103
Amphitryon, viii, 5
Cleomenes, ib. 205
to the memory of Cromwell, ix, 5
Lord Chancellor Hyde, ib. 65
remarks on, ib. 63

Verses to the Duchess of York, ix, 76
remarks on, ib. 73
recommendatory to Absalom and Achitophel, ix, 213
the author of the Medal, ib. 427
in ridicule of Albion and Albanius, vii, 213
on Religio Laici, x, 33-36
addressed to Congreve, xi, 61
Louise de Querouailles, ib. 163
on the young statesmen, xv, 274
remarks on, ib. 273
occasioned by reading Dryden’s Fables, xvii, 227

Versification, English, improved by Waller and Denham, i, 18

Villiers, George, vide Buckingham, Duke of
Barbara, vide Castlemain, Lady

Vindication of the Duke of Guise, vii, 125
remarks on, ib. 127
answer to some late papers, extract from, x, 246
Statius, xiv, 130

Viola, Gio, character of, xvii, 497

Virgil, works of translated into English verse, xiii, 279
remarks on, ib. 281
advertisement to first edition of, ib. 281
recommendatory poems on, ib. 289
names of subscribers to cuts of, ib. 283
life of, ib. 297
birth of, ib. 298
education of, 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
favour of with Augustus, ib. 313
Georgics of, ib. 311
Pastorals of, ib. 310
Æneis of, ib. 316
sickness and death of, ib. 321
account of the person, manners, and fortune of, ib. 323
character of, xi, 211
Pastorals of translated, xiii, 335-421
dedication of, ib. 337
character of, ib. 339
preface to, ib. 34,5
defence of against the reflections of M. Fontenelle, ib. 345
Pastorals of, Tityrus and Melibæus, ib. 369
Alexis, ib. 374
Palemon, ib. 378
Pollio, ib. 386
Daphnis, ib. 391
Silenus, ib. 397
Melibæus, ib. 402
Pharmaceutria, ib. 407
Lycidas and Mæris, ib. 413
Gallus, ib. 417
Georgics of translated, xiv, 1-122
Æneis of translated, ib. 125, xv, 1-186
anachronism of defended, xiv, 176
an imitator of Homer, ib. 182
Dryden’s translation of the best, ib. 209
character of Lauderdale’s translation of, ib. 223
attack of Swift on Dryden’s translation of, i, 393
specimen of Milbourne’s translation of, i, 397
Dryden’s translation of, circumstances concerning, i, 383

Virtuoso, a comedy, character of, x, 454

Viscount Falkland, account of, viii, 196


W.

Wakeman, George, account of, vi, 223

Waller, Sir William, account of, ix, 381
discovery of the meal-tub plot by, ib. 382
Fitzharris’s plot by, ib. 382

Waller and Denham, improvers of English versification, i, 18

Walsh, William, account of, xiii, 297
preface by to the translation of Virgil’s Pastorals, ib. 345

Walter, William, tragedy of Guiscard and Sigismund by, xi, 403

Warlock, what meant by, xiv, 164

Wars, civil, interrupted the study of poetry in England, i, 20

Wentworth, Lady Henrietta Maria, account of, x, 337

Whig and Tory, origin of the names of, ix, 208

Whigs, epistle to the, ib. 417

Whip and Key, account of, ib. 425

White, John, account of, x, 257

White-boys, what meant by, vii, 257

Whitmore, Lady, epitaph on, xi, 150

Wif of Bathes Tale, by Chaucer, xii, lxxxii

Wife of Bath, a tale, xi, 377
remarks on, ib. 376

Wild, Dr Robert, Iter Boreale of, xv, 296

Wild Gallant, a comedy, ii, 13
remarks on, ib. 15
preface to, ib. 17
prologues to, ib. 19, 21
epilogues to, ib. 106, 107

Will’s Coffee-house, authority of Dryden in, i, 371

William III. Titus Oates pensioned by, viii, 464

Wilmot, John, vide Earl of Rochester

Wilson’s life of Congreve, extract from, xviii, 200

Winchester, Marquis of, account of, xi, 152
epitaph on monument of, ib. 154
remarks on, ib. 152

Wit, false, one character of the poetry of the age of Queen Elizabeth,
i, 7

Women, preface to a dialogue concerning, xviii, 1

Worcester, Marquis of, vide Duke of Beaufort

Works of Virgil translated into English verse, xiii, 279
remarks on, ib. 281
advertisement to first edition of, ib. 281
recommendatory poems on, ib. 289-296
of John Dryden, appendix to, xviii, 183
No. I. Dryden’s degree of master of arts, ib. 185
No. II. Dryden’s patent as poet-laureat, and historiographer-royal,
xviii, 187
No. III. Dryden’s agreement with Jacob Tonson concerning the Fables,
ib. 191
No. IV. Mr Russel’s bill for Dryden’s funerals, ib. 194
Description of Dryden’s funeral, ib. 195
No. V. Mrs Thomas’s letters concerning Dryden’s death and funeral,
ib. 200
No. VI. Monument in the church at Tichmarsh, ib. 215
No. VII. Extract from an epistolary poem to Dryden, occasioned by the
death of the Earl of Abingdon, by William Pitts, ib. 218
No. VIII. Extracts from poems attacking Dryden for his silence upon
the death of Queen Mary, ib. 222
No. IX. Verses occasioned by reading Dryden’s Fables, by Mr Hughes,
ib. 227
No. X. Ode on the death of Dryden, by Alexander Oldys, ib. 234

Writers of Life of St Francis Xavier, xvi, 9

Writing pastorals, rules to be observed in, xiii, 355
singular fashion of, x, 457

Writings of Bishop Burnet, remarks on some parts of, x, 271
Polybius, character of, xviii, 17


X.

Xavier, St Francis, Life of, xvi, 1
writers of life of, ib. 9
address to the reader by the author of life of, ib. 8.
dedication to, ib. 3
birth of, ib. 15
education, ib. 16
teaches philosophy, ib. 19
conversion of, xvi, 24
arrives at Rome, ib. 29
at Lisbon, ib. 46
departs for the Indies, ib. 58.
arrives at Mozambique, ib. 63
at Goa, ib. 71
visits Cape Comorin, ib. 82
miracles of, ib. 83, 89, 91, 99, 111, 113, 131, 155, 163-466
converts the Paravas, ib. 101
returns to Goa, ib. 101
visits Comorin, ib. 107
goes to Cochin, ib. 124
Negapatam, ib. 133
Mehapor, ib. 138
Malacca, ib. 150
Amboyna, ib. 158
Isle del Moro, ib. 176
returns to Amboyna, ib. 186
Malacca, ib. 190
arrives at Cochin, ib. 219
visits the Paravas, ib. 226
his instructions to missionaries, ib. 228
visits Ceylon, ib. 233
Goa, ib. 234
baptises a Japonese, ib. 238
visits the Coast of Fishery, ib. 248
returns to Goa, ib. 249
resolves to go to Japan, ib. 249
his instructions to Gasper Barzeus, ib. 254
sails for Japan, xvi, 276
visits Cochin, ib. 276
Malacca, ib. 276
his instructions to Juan Bravo, ib. 279
arrives at Japan, ib. 287
waits on the king of Saxuma, ib. 297
is treated with honour, ib. 297
receives permission to teach the Christian religion, ib. 297
visits the Bonzas, ib. 299
Bonzas oppose the Christian faith, ib. 301
miracle, ib. 302
arrives at Firando, xvi, 312
Amanguchi, ib. 313
Macao, ib. 319
returns to Amanguchi, ib. 321
visits Fugheo, and reception by the king, ib. 343
disputes with a Bonza, ib. 362, 369
leaves Japan, ib. 379
arrives at Cochin, ib. 395
at Goa, ib. 396
affairs of Goa in his absence, ib. 403
engages in a voyage to China, ib. 410
departs from Goa, ib. 421
arrives at Malacca, ib. 422
miracles at Malacca, ib. 423
arrives at the isle of Sancian, ib. 437
means fail him for his passage into China, ib. 451
his sickness, ib. 452
death, ib. 455
interment, ib. 456
disinterred, ib. 457
and carried to Goa, ib. 465
funeral procession, ib. 465
miracles wrought by the dead body, ib. 466.
qualifications, ib. 471
beatification and canonization, ib. 531
life of an authentic testimony of the truth of the Gospel, ib. 535
character of the Life of, i, 337


Y.

Year of Wonders, 1666; an historical poem, ix, 81

York, Duke of, epistle dedicatory to, iv, 9
personal valour of, ib. 10, ix, 161
requested by Charles II. to retire to the Continent, ib. 384
presence of, acceptable to the Scots, ib. 385
attempt to counteract the influence of, in the city, ib. 388
shipwreck of, ix, 401
picture of at Guildhall defaced, xvii, 51
prologue to, x, 366

York, Duchess of, account of, v, 95, ix, 73
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 73
verses to, ix, 76
poetical epistle to, on her return from Scotland, xi, 33
remarks on poetical epistle to, ib. 31
copy of a paper written by, xvii, 189
Stillingfleet’s answer to paper, &c. ib. 194
defence of paper, &c. ib. 208
answer to defence of paper, &c. ib. 252

Young Lady, song to, xi, 181
Gentleman, elegy on the death of a, xi, 142
Statesman, verses on, xv, 274
painter, advice to a, xvii, 377, 468


Z.

Zuinglius, account of, x, 150




GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS.


VOLUME FIRST.

PAGE. The Life of John Dryden 1

SECT. I. Preliminary remarks on the Poetry of England before the Civil
Wars--The Life of Dryden from his Birth till the Restoration--His Early
Poems, including the Annus Mirabilis, 3

SECT. II. Revival of the Drama at the Restoration--Heroic
Plays--Comedies of Intrigue--Commencement of Dryden’s Dramatic
Career--The Wild Gallant--Rival Ladies--Indian Queen and
Emperor--Dryden’s Marriage--Essay on Drastic Poetry, and subsequent
Controversy with Sir Robert Howard--The Maiden Queen--The Tempest--Sir
Martin Mar-all--The Mock Astrologer--The Royal Martyr--The two Parts of
the Conquest of Granada--Dryden’s situation at this period, 65

SECT. III. Heroic Plays--The Rehearsal--Marriage A-la-mode--The
Assignation--Controversy with Clifford--with Leigh--with
Ravenscroft--Massacre of Amboyna--State of Innocence, 118

SECT. IV. Dryden’s Controversy with Settle--with Rochester--he is
assaulted in Rose-street--Aureng-Zebe--Dryden meditates an Epic
Poem--All for Love--Limberham--Œdipus--Troilus and Cressida--The
Spanish Friar--Dryden supposed to be in opposition to the Court, 180

SECT. V. Dryden engages in Politics--Absalom and Achitophel, Part
First--The Medal--Mac-Flecknoe--Absalom and Achitophel, Part
Second--The Duke of Guise, 239

SECT. VI.
Threnodia Augustalis--Albion and Albanius--Dryden becomes a
Catholic--The Controversy of Dryden with Stillingfleet--The Hind and
Panther--Life of St Francis Xavier--Consequences of the Revolution to
Dryden--Don Sebastian--King Arthur--Cleomenes-- Love Triumphant, 298

SECT. VII. State of Dryden’s Connections in Society after the
Revolution--Juvenal and Persius--Smaller Pieces--Eleanora--Third
Miscellany--Virgil--Ode to St Cecilia--Dispute with Milbourne--with
Blackmore--Fables--The Author’s Death and Funeral--His Private
Character--Notices of his Family, 369

SECT. VIII. The State of Dryden’s Reputation at his Death, and
afterwards--The general Character of his Mind--His Merit as a
Dramatist--As a Lyrical Poet--As a Satirist--As a Narrative Poet--As
a Philosophical and Miscellaneous Poet--As a Translator--As a Prose
Author--As a Critic, 470


VOLUME SECOND.

Dedication of Mr Congreve’s edition of Dryden’s Dramatic Works to
the Duke of Newcastle, 5

The Wild Gallant, a Comedy, 13
Preface, 17

The Rival Ladies, a Tragi-comedy, 109
Dedication to the Earl of Orrery, 113

The Indian Queen, a Tragedy, 201

The Indian Emperor, or the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards, 257
Dedication to the Duchess of Monmouth and Buccleuch, 259
Defence of an Essay of Dramatic Poesy, 265
Connection of the Indian Emperor to the Indian Queen, 293

Secret Love, or the Maiden Queen, 379
Preface, 583


VOLUME THIRD.

Sir Martin Mar-All, or the Feigned Innocence, a Comedy, 1

The Tempest, or the Enchanted Island, a Comedy, 95
Preface, 99

An Evening’s Love, or the Mock Astrologer, a Comedy, 207
Epistle Dedicatory to the Duke of Newcastle, 209
Preface, 218

Tyrannic Love, or the Royal Martyr, a Tragedy, 341
Epistle Dedicatory to the Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch, 346
Preface, 349


VOLUME FOURTH.

Almanzor and Almahide, or the Conquest of Granada by the
Spaniards, a Tragedy, Part First, 1
Epistle Dedicatory to the Duke of York, 9
Of Heroic Plays, an Essay, 16
Part II. 111
Defence of the Epilogue; or an Essay on the Dramatic Poetry
of the last Age, 211

Marriage A-la-Mode, a Comedy, 231
Epistle Dedicatory to the Earl of Rochester, 235

The Assignation, or Love in a Nunnery, a Comedy, 343
Epistle Dedicatory to Sir Charles Sedley, Bart. 348


VOLUME FIFTH.

Amboyna; or the Cruelties of the Dutch to the English Merchants,
a Tragedy, 1
Epistle Dedicatory to Lord Clifford of Chudleigh, 5

The State of Innocence, and Fall of Man, an Opera, 89
Epistle Dedicatory to her Royal Highness the Duchess, 95
Preface. The Author’s Apology for Heroic Poetry, and Poetic
Licence, 105

Aureng-Zebe, a Tragedy, 167
Epistle Dedicatory to the Earl of Mulgrave, 174

All for Love, or the World Well Lost, a Tragedy, 285
Epistle Dedicatory to the Earl of Danby, 296
Preface, 306


VOLUME SIXTH.

Limberham, or the Kind Keeper, a Comedy, 1
Epistle Dedicatory to Lord Vaughan, 373

Œdipus, a Tragedy, 115
Preface, 124

Troilus and Cressida, or Truth found too late, a Tragedy, 227
Epistle Dedicatory to the Earl of Sunderland, 231
Preface, 238

The Spanish Friar, or the Double Discovery, 365
Epistle Dedicatory to Lord Haughton, 373


VOLUME SEVENTH.

The Duke of Guise, a Tragedy, 1
Epistle Dedicatory to the Earl of Rochester, 13
The Vindication of the Duke of Guise, 125

Albion and Albanius, an Opera, 209
Preface, 216

Don Sebastian, a Tragedy, 271
Epistle Dedicatory to the Earl of Leicester, 283
Preface, 291


VOLUME EIGHTH.

Amphitryon, or the Two Socias, a Comedy, 1
Epistle Dedicatory to Sir William Leveson, Gower, Bart. 7

King Arthur, or the British Worthy, a Dramatic Opera, 107
Epistle Dedicatory to the Marquis of Halifax, 113

Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy, 181
Epistle Dedicatory to the Earl of Rochester, 191
Preface, 196
The Life of Cleomenes, translated from Plutarch by Mr
Thomas Creech, 207

Love Triumphant, or Nature will prevail, a Tragi-comedy, 331
Epistle Dedicatory to the Earl of Salisbury, 337

Prologue, Song, Secular Masque, and Epilogue, written for the
Pilgrim, revived for Dryden’s benefit in 1700, 347


VOLUME NINTH.


POEMS, HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL.

Heroic Stanzas to the Memory of Oliver Cromwell, 3
Notes, 15

Astrea Redux, 25
Notes, 41

To his Sacred Majesty, a Panegyric on his Coronation, 53
Notes, 59

To Lord Chancellor Hyde, presented on New-year’s-day, 1662, 63

Satire on the Dutch, 71

To her Royal Highness the Duchess of York, on the Victory gained
by the Duke over the Dutch, &c. 73
Notes, 79

Annus Mirabilis, the Year of Wonders, 1666, an Historical Poem, 81
Dedication to the Metropolis of Great Britain, 89
An Account of Annus Mirabilis, in a Letter to the Hon. Sir
Robert Howard, 92
Notes, 158

Absalom and Achitophel, Part I. 195
To the Reader, 208
Notes on Part I. 249
Part II. 319
Notes on Part II. 354

The Medal, a satire against Sedition, 407
Epistle to the Whigs, 417
Notes, 441


VOLUME TENTH.

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

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


VOLUME ELEVENTH.


EPISTLES.

Epistle I. To John Hoddeson, 3
II. To Sir Robert Howard, 5
III. To Dr Charleton, 12
IV. To the Lady Castlemain, 18
V. To Mr Lee, 22
VI. To the Earl of Roscommon, 26
VII. To the Duchess of York, 31
VIII. To Mr J. Northleigh, 35
IX. To Sir George Etherege, 38
X. To Mr Southerne, 47
XI. To Henry Higden, Esq. 52
XII. To Mr Congreve, 57
XIII. To Mr Granville, 63
XIV. To Mr Motteux, 67
XV. To Mr John Driden, 71
XVI. To Sir Godfrey Kneller, 84


ELEGIES AND EPITAPHS.

Upon the Death of Lord Hastings, 94

To the Memory of Mr Oldham, 99

To the pious Memory of Mrs Anne Killigrew, 105

Upon the Death of the Viscount of Dundee, 115

Eleonora, a panegyrical Poem, to the Memory of the Countess of
Abingdon, 117

Dedication to the Earl of Abingdon, 121

On the Death of Amyntas, 139

On the Death of a very young Gentleman, 142

Upon young Mr Rogers of Gloucestershire, 144

On the Death of Mr Purcell, 145

Epitaph on the Lady Whitmore, 150
Mrs Margaret Paston, 151
the Monument of the Marquis of Winchester, 152
Sir Palmer Fairbones’ tomb in Westminster Abbey, 155
The Monument of a fair Maiden Lady, 158

Inscription under Milton’s Picture, 160


ODES, SONGS, AND LYRICAL PIECES.

The Fair Stranger, 163

A Song for St Cecilia’s Day, 165

The Tears of Amynta, 171

A Song, 173

The Lady’s Song, 175

A Song, 176

A Song, 177

Rondelay, 178

A Song, 180

A Song to a fair young Lady, 181

Alexander’s Feast, or the power of Music, an Ode, 183

Veni Creator Spiritus, paraphrased, 190


FABLES. --TALES FROM CHAUCER.

Dedication to the Duke of Ormond, 195

Preface prefixed to the Fables, 205

Palamon and Arcite; or the Knight’s Tale, 241
Dedication to the Duchess of Ormond, 245

The Cock and the Fox; or the Tale of the Nun’s Priest, 327

The Flower and the Leaf; or the Lady in the Arbour, 356

The Wife of Bath, her Tale, 377

The Character of a good Parson, 395


FABLES. --TRANSLATIONS FROM BOCCACE.

Sigismonda and Guiscardo, 403

Theodore and Honoria, 433

Cymon and Iphigenia, 452


VOLUME TWELFTH.

Appendix to the Fables, i

The Knightes Tale, by Chaucer, iii

The Nonnes Preestes Tale, liii

The Floure and the Leafe, lxviii

The Wif of Bathes Tale, lxxxii


TRANSLATIONS FROM OVID’S EPISTLES.

Preface, 3

Canace to Macareus, 21

Helen to Paris, 26

Dido to Æneas, 35


TRANSLATIONS FROM OVID’S METAMORPHOSES.

Dedication to Lord Radcliffe, 47

The first Book of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, 63

Meleager and Atalanta, 97

Baucis and Philemon, 109

Iphis and Ianthe, 116

Pygmalion and the Statue, 123

Cinyras and Myrrha, 127

Ceyx and Alcyone, 139

Æsacus transformed into a Cormorant, 154

The Twelfth Book of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, 156

The Speeches of Ajax and Ulysses, 181

Acis, Polyphemus, and Galatea, 199

Of the Pythagorean Philosophy, 207


TRANSLATIONS FROM OVID’S ART OF LOVE.

Preface on Translation, prefixed to Dryden’s Second Miscellany, 263


TRANSLATIONS FROM THEOCRITUS.

Amaryllis, 287

The Epithalamium of Helen and Menelaus, 292

The Despairing Lover, 296

Daphnis and Chloris, 300


TRANSLATIONS FROM LUCRETIUS.

Book I. 311

II. 314

Book III. 317

IV. 327

V. 337


TRANSLATIONS FROM HORACE.

The Third Ode of the First Book of Horace, 341

The Ninth Ode of the First Book, 344

The Twenty-ninth Ode of the First Book, 346

The Second Epode of Horace, 351


TRANSLATIONS FROM HOMER.

The First Book of Homer’s Iliad, 357

The last Parting of Hector and Andromache, 382


VOLUME THIRTEENTH.


TRANSLATIONS FROM JUVENAL.

Essay on Satire; addressed to Charles, Earl of Dorset, and
Middlesex, 3

The First Satire of Juvenal, 119

The Third Satire of Juvenal, 130

The Sixth Satire of Juvenal, 148

The Tenth Satire of Juvenal, 178

The Sixteenth Satire of Juvenal, 198


TRANSLATIONS FROM PERSIUS.

The First Satire of Persius, 205
Notes, 217

The Second Satire of Persius, 221
Notes, 227

The Third Satire of Persius, 230
Notes, 239

The Fourth Satire of Persius, 242
Notes, 239

The Fifth Satire of Persius, inscribed to the Rev. Dr Busby, 251
Notes, 248

The Sixth Satire of Persius, 267
Notes, 274


THE WORKS OF VIRGIL, TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH VERSE.

Names of Subscribers to the Cuts of Virgil, 283

Recommendatory Poems on the Translation of Virgil, 289

The Life of Publius Virgilius Maro, by Knightly Chetwood, 297


PASTORALS.

Dedication of the Pastorals, to Lord Clifford, Baron of
Chudleigh, 337

Preface to the Pastorals, with a short Defence of Virgil, by
William Walsh, 345

Pastoral I. or Tityrus and Melibœus, 369
II. or Alexis, 374
III. or Palæmon, 378
IV. or Pollio, 386
V. or Daphnis, 391
VI. or Silenus, 397
VII. or Melibœus, 402
VIII. or Pharmaceutria, 407
IX. or Lycidas and Mæris, 413
X. or Gallus, 417


VOLUME FOURTEENTH.

The Georgics, translated from Virgil, 1
Dedication to the Earl of Chesterfield, 3
An Essay on the Georgics, by Mr Addison, 14
Book I. 27
Book II. 49
Book III. 73
Book IV. 98
Notes on Book IV. 123

Æneis, 125
Dedication to the Marquis of Normandy, Earl of Mulgrave, &c. 127
Book I. 231
Notes on Book I. 262
Æneis,
Book II. 264
Book III. 296
Notes on Book III. 323
Book IV. 324
Note on Book IV. 353
Book V. 355
Book VI. 388
Notes on Book VI. 424
Book VII. 429
Notes on Book VII. 461


VOLUME FIFTEENTH.

Æneis, Book VIII. 1
Notes on Book VIII. 29
Book IX. 30
Notes on Book IX. 62
Book X. 64
Notes on Book X. 102
Book XI. 105
Book XII. 143
Notes on Book XII. 182
Postscript to the Reader, 187


POEMS ASCRIBED TO DRYDEN.

An Essay upon Satire, 201

A familiar Epistle to Mr Julian, 218

The Art of Poetry, 227

Tarquin and Tullia, 267

On the young Statesman, 273

Suum Cuique, 276


DRYDEN’S ORIGINAL PROSE WORKS.

Essay of Dramatic Poesy, 283
Dedication to the Earl of Dorset and Middlesex, 286

Heads of an Answer to Mr Rymer’s Remarks on the Tragedies of
the last Age, 383

Preface to Notes and Observations on the Empress of Morocco, 397

Preface to the Husband his own Cuckold, 414


VOLUME SIXTEENTH.

The Life of St Francis Xavier, of the Society of Jesus, Apostle
of the Indies, and of Japan, 1
Dedication to the Queen, 3
The Author’s Advertisement to the Reader, 8
Book I. 14
Book II. 59
Book III. 116
Book IV. 191
Book V. 288
Book VI. 408


VOLUME SEVENTEENTH.

The Life of Plutarch, 1
Dedication to the Duke of Ormond, &c. 5

Specimen of the Translation of the History of the League, 77
Dedication to the King, 81
The Author’s Advertisement to the Reader, 93
The History of the League, Book III. 101
Postscript to the History of the League, 150

Controversy between Dryden and Stillingfleet concerning
the Duchess of York’s Paper, 185
Copy of a Paper written by the late Duchess of York, &c. 189
An Answer to the Duchess’s Paper by the Rev. Edward
Stillingfleet, 194
A Defence of the Paper written by the Duchess of York,
against the Answer made to it, 208
An Answer to the Defence of the Third Paper, 252

The Art of Painting, by C. A. Du Fresnoy, with Remarks
translated into English; with an original Preface,
containing a Parallel between Painting and Poetry, 279
A Parallel of Poetry and Painting, 286
The Preface of M. de Piles, the French Translator, 333


VOLUME EIGHTEENTH.

Preface to a Dialogue concerning Women; being a Defence
of the Sex, 1

Character of M. St Evremont, 9

The Character of Polybius, 17

The Life of Lucian, 53

Dryden’s Letters, 83

Appendix, 183

Index, i

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FOOTNOTES:

[1] Mr Walsh was born in 1663, and in 1691 must have been twenty-eight
years old. Still he was but a youth in the eyes of Dryden, who was now
advanced in life.

[2] Mr Malone observes, that, according to Antony Wood, (_Ath. Oxon. _
ii. 423. ) this was not said _of_ Waller, but _by_ that poet, of Sir
John Denham. --“In the latter end of the year 1641, Sir John published
the tragedy called the ‘Sophy,’ which took extremely much, and was
admired by all ingenious men, particularly by Edmund Waller of
Beaconsfield, who then said of the author, that he broke out, like the
Irish rebellion, threescore thousand strong, before any body was aware,
or the least suspected it. ” Mr Malone adds, that the observation is
more applicable to Denham than to Waller; for Denham, from the age of
sixteen, when he went to Trinity College, in Oxford, November 18, 1631,
to the time of his father’s death, January 6, 1638-9, was considered as
a dull and dissipated young man; whereas Waller distinguished himself,
as a poet, before he was eighteen. Besides, the “Sophy” was published
just when the Irish rebellion broke out.

[3] In one passage of the Dialogue, our author’s version of the sixth
satire of Juvenal is mentioned with commendation; and in another, the
tragedy of “Aureng-Zebe” is quoted.

[4] St Evremont wrote “Observations on Segrais’ Translation of Virgil. ”

[5]

----“He at Philippi kept
His sword even like a dancer;----
----he alone
Dealt on lieutenancy, and no practice had
In the brave squares of war. ”

_Antony and Cleopatra. _


[6] A tragedy by Racine. St Evremont, in a dissertation on this play,
addressed to Madame Borneau, severely reprobates the fault so common in
French tragedy, of making a play, though the scene is laid in ancient
Rome or India, centre and turn upon Parisian manners. He concludes,
that Corneille is the only author of the nation that displays a true
taste for antiquity.

[7] The full title is, “The History of Polybius the Megalopolitan;
containing a general Account of the Transactions of the World, and
principally of the Roman People during the first and second Punic Wars.
Translated by Sir H. S. To which is added a Character of Polybius and
his Writings, by Mr Dryden, 1693. ”

[8] Where he enumerates the translators of Lucian in the Supplement to
his Life.

[9] Vol. VIII. p. 203.

[10] “History of Polybius, the five first bookes entire, with all the
parcels of subsequent bookes unto the eighteenth, according to the
Greeke original. Also, the manner of the Romane encamping. Translated
into English, by Edward Grimestone, sergeant at armes. ” London, 1634.
Folio.

[11] From these expressions, one would suppose Sir Henry Shere to
have been a seaman, which may also be conjectured from his writing an
“Essay on the certainty and causes of the Earth’s Motion on its Axis;”
and a “Discourse concerning the Mediterranean Sea and the Straits of
Gibraltar;” the one published in 1698, the other in 1705. The naval
and military professions were, however, formerly accounted less
absolutely distinct branches of service than at present. Many officers
distinguished themselves in both. Mr Malone may therefore be right in
conjecturing Sir Henry Shere to have been a soldier, though his studies
would argue him a seaman or engineer.

[12] _Polybii Lycortæ F. Megalopolites Historiarum Libri, qui
supersunt, Gr. Lat. Isaacus Casaubonus, ex antiquis libris emendavit,
Lat. vertit et commentariis illustravit. Accessit Æneæ vetustissimi
Tactici commentarius de toleranda obsidione. Isaaeus Casaubonus primus
vulgavit, Latinam interpretationem ac notas adjecit. Parisiis, 1609,
Folio.