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John Dryden

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John Dryden was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who dominated 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.


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Quote Left Dreams are but interludes that fancy makes...
Sometimes forgotten things, long cast behind
Rush forward in the brain, and come to mind.
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Quote Left And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. Quote Right
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Quote Left All human things are subject to decay,And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obeyThis Flecknoe found, who like Augustus youngWas call'd to empire, and had govern'd longIn prose and verse, was own'd, without disputeThrough all the realms of nonsense, absolute. Quote Right
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Quote Left Far more numerous are those as such; who think to little and talk to much. Quote Right
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Quote Left To die is landing on some distant shore. Quote Right
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things