the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham : Rehearsal, The

'We talked of Dryden - Buckingham's Play said I has hurt the Reputation of the Poet, great as he was; such is the force of Ridicule! - on the contrary my dearest replies Doctor Johnson The greatness of Dryden's Character is even now the only principle of Vitality which preserves that play from a State of Putrefaction'.

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Hester Lynch Thrale      Print: Book

George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham : Rehearsal, The

'We talked of Dryden - Buckingham's Play said I has hurt the Reputation of the Poet, great as he was; such is the force of Ridicule! - on the contrary my dearest replies Doctor Johnson The greatness of Dryden's Character is even now the only principle of Vitality which preserves that play from a State of Putrefaction'.

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson      Print: Book

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