 One day, as the king was walking in the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, " If I was a poet, and I think I am poor enough to be one, I would write a poem on such a subject, in the following manner : " and then gave him the plan for it.  Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters, of Books and Men - Էջ 112Joseph Spence - 1820 - 302 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | John Dryden, William Dougal Christie - 1893 - 780 էջ
...Dryden's second poem. Spence tells a story that the King suggested the medal as a subject to Dryden : " One day, as the King was walking in the Mall, and...poet, and I think I am poor enough to be one, I would mite a poem on such a subject in the following manner.'" Spence, who tells this, proceeds to say that... | |
 | John Morley - 1894 - 630 էջ
...of its origin. Charles, he says, was walking with Dryden in the Mall, and said to him, " If I were a poet, and I think " I am poor enough to be one, I would write a poem on such a subject in such a manner," giving him at the same time hints for the Medal, which, when finished, was rewarded... | |
 | 1895 - 610 էջ
...of its origin. Charles, he says, was walking with Dryden in the Mall, and said to him, " If I wore a poet, and I think I am poor enough to be one, I would write a poem on such a subject in such a manner," giving him at the same time hints for the Medal, which, when finished, was rewarded... | |
 | Louise Imogen Guiney - 1897 - 358 էջ
...admired Dryden, in the shape of several capital suggestions, which availed, as we know. " Now, were I a poet (and I think I am poor enough to be one), I should make a satire upon sedition." The parenthesis is sympathetic. The knights of the ink-bottle... | |
 | Pickering & Chatto - 1899 - 396 էջ
...have done others) to the poet. One day the King was walking in the Mall, and talking with the poet, he said, " If I was a poet, and I think I am poor...a poem on such a subject in the following manner." He then , ng ma ve him the plan of the Medal. Dryden took the hint, carried the poem as soon as it... | |
 | Pickering & Chatto - 1900 - 516 էջ
...have done others) to the poet. One day the King was walking in the Mall, and talking with the poet, he said, " If I was a poet, and I think I am poor...a poem on such a subject in the following manner." He then gave him the plan of the Medal. Dryden took the hint, carried the poem as soon as it was finished... | |
 | John Dryden - 1900 - 760 էջ
...Dryden's second poem. Spence tells a story that the King suggested the f medal as a subject to Dryden : "One day, as the King was walking in the Mall, and...' If I was a poet, and I think I am poor enough to have been elected King of Poland.* A further inference maybe drawn frpm the appearance of Dryden's... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 386 էջ
..." The Medal." One day, as the king was strolling in the Mall, in St. James's Park, in conversation with Dryden, he said, " If I was a poet, and I think...poem on such a subject, in the following manner." He then gave him the plan for it. Dryden took the hint, and carrying the poem to the king as soon as... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 382 էջ
..." The Medal." One day, as the king was strolling in the Mall, in St. James's Park, in conversation with Dryden, he said, " If I was a poet, and I think...poem on such a subject, in the following manner." He then gave him the plan for it. Dryden took the hint, and carrying the poem to the king as soon as... | |
 | John Dryden - 1904 - 762 էջ
...is thus told ; " One day, as the King was waiting in the Mall and talking with Dryden, he saitl, ' If I was a poet, and I think I am poor enough to be one, I would write a poem or such a subject in the following manner.' He then gave him the plan of'TAt Mfdal.' Dryden took the... | |
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