Excerpt from The Works of the British Poets, Vol. 15: With Lives of the Authors; Prior, &C There is (says Dr. Johnson) a story of great pain suffered, and of tears shed, on this occasion, by Dryden, who thought it hard, that an old man should be so treated by those to whom he had al ways been civil.' By tales like these is envy, raised by superi ilities, every day gratified: when they are attacked, every one hopes to see them hum bled; what is hoped, is readily believed; and What is believed is confidently told. Dryden had ...
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Excerpt from The Works of the British Poets, Vol. 15: With Lives of the Authors; Prior, &C There is (says Dr. Johnson) a story of great pain suffered, and of tears shed, on this occasion, by Dryden, who thought it hard, that an old man should be so treated by those to whom he had al ways been civil.' By tales like these is envy, raised by superi ilities, every day gratified: when they are attacked, every one hopes to see them hum bled; what is hoped, is readily believed; and What is believed is confidently told. Dryden had been more accustomed to hostilities, than that such enc mies should break his quiet; and, if we can suppose him vexed, it would be. Hard to deny him sense enough to conceal his uneasiness.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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