“could select from them better specimens of every mode of poetry than any other English writer could supply.”
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John Dryden
John Dryden was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate. He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. Romantic writer Sir Walter Scott called him "Glorious John".
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culture · English poet and playwright (1630–1700) · playwright · translator · poet · literary critic · hymnwriter · writer · librettist · also John Dryden, Dryden
Born 9 August 1631 · Died 1 May 1700 · Q213355
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2026· 4 entries
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1700· 4 entries
Died 1700-05-01.
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“What passion cannot Music raise and quell?”
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“Beware the fury of a patient man.”
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“Primeiro fazemos nossos hábitos, depois nossos hábitos nos fazem.”
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1668· 1 entry
Career landmark: Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom (1668–1688).
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1631· 1 entry
Born 1631-08-09.
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