 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 - 1923 - 196 էջ
...Dryden's poem — " It was Charles II. who gave Mr. Dryden the hint for writing his poem called the Medal. One day as the King was walking in the Mall, and talking...then gave him the plan for it. Dryden took the hint and carried the poem as soon as it was written to the Kins, and had a present of a hundred broad pieces... | |
 | John Dryden, William Congreve, Samuel Johnson, Walter Scott - 1925 - 230 էջ
...the legend ' Laetamur '. Charles II is said to have given Dryden the hint for writing The Medal. ' One day, as the king was walking in the Mall, and...took the hint, carried the poem as soon as it was finished to the king, and had a present of a hundred broad pieces for it ' (Spence, Anecdotes, pp.... | |
 | Thomas Shadwell - 1927 - 600 էջ
...the same authority I take it that The Medal of John Bayes was published some six months before, 1 " One day as the King was walking in the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, ' 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 the... | |
 | Norman Furlong - 1946 - 196 էջ
...be due to the fact that the satire was commissioned by the King. ' One day ', according to Spence, ' as the King was walking in the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, " 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 the... | |
 | Odai Johnson - 2000 - 202 էջ
...Charles, pleased with Absalom and Achitophel, condescended to walk with the author in the Mall and said, 'If I was a poet, and I think I am poor enough to be one, I would write a poem in the following manner.' He proceeded to suggest something on the lines of The Medal, which Dryden... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1966 - 112 էջ
...struck a medal in his honour; and again the king is said to have asked for a poem. The story goes that 'One day as the King was walking in the Mall and talking...poem on such a subject in the following manner'". Whatever the truth of this story, Dryden's next poem was The Medal. It resumes the attack on Shaftesbury,... | |
 | Pickering & Chatto - 1599 - 170 էջ
...day the King was walking in the Mail, and talking with the poet, he said : " If I was a poet, and T think I am poor enough to be one, I would write a poem, on such a subject in the following." He then gave him the plan of the " Medal." Dryden took the hint, carried the poem as soon as it was... | |
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