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The volume assembles a biographical account of Plutarch with accompanying dedications and editorial remarks, extended translations of historical material concerning a political league, and a sequence of pamphlets that debate a contentious paper linked to a duchess. It further offers an English rendering of a Continental treatise on painting together with a prefatory essay comparing painting and poetry, plus critical and explanatory notes, specimens of translation practice, and editorial commentary on the aims and methods of the translators.

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Title: The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 17

Author: John Dryden

Editor: Walter Scott

Release date: September 29, 2025 [eBook #76952]

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN, NOW FIRST COLLECTED IN EIGHTEEN VOLUMES. VOLUME 17 ***

THE WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.

THE
WORKS
OF
JOHN DRYDEN,
NOW FIRST COLLECTED
IN EIGHTEEN VOLUMES.

ILLUSTRATED
WITH NOTES,
HISTORICAL, CRITICAL, AND EXPLANATORY,
AND
A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,
BY
WALTER SCOTT, Esq.

VOL. XVII.

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR WILLIAM MILLER, ALBEMARLE STREET,
BY JAMES BALLANTYNE AND CO. EDINBURGH.
1808.