ESSAYS OF JOHN DRYDEN

W. P. KER

HENRY FROWDE, M.A.

PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

DOM MINA
INVS TIO

ILLV MEA

LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND NEW YORK

OF

JOHN DRYDEN

SELECTED AND EDITED

BY

W. P. KER, M.A.

FELLOW OF ALL SOULS COLLEGE; HON. LL.D. GLASGOW
PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON

VOLUME I

Oxford

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS

1900
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