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Title: The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Vol I
With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes
Author: John Dryden
Release Date: March 7, 2004 [EBook #11488]
Language: English
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THE POETICAL WORKS
OF JOHN DRYDEN.
With Life, Critical Dissertation, and
Explanatory Notes
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REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN.
VOL. I.
M. DCCC. LV.
THE LIFE OF JOHN DRYDEN.
John Dryden was born on the 9th of August 1631, at a place variously denominated Aldwincle, or Oldwincle, All Saints; or at Oldwincle, St Peter's, in Northamptonshire. The name Dryden or Driden, is from the North. There are Drydens still in the town of Scotland where we now write; and the poet's ancestors lived in the county of Cumberland. One of them, named John, removed from a place called Staff-hill, to Northamptonshire, where he succeeded to the estate of Canons-Ashby, by