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Dryden

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Dry·den  (drdn), John 1631-1700.
English writer and poet laureate (after 1668). The outstanding literary figure of the Restoration, he wrote critical essays, poems, such as Absalom and Achitophel (1681), and dramas, including All for Love (1678).
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Noun1.DrydenDryden - the outstanding poet and dramatist of the Restoration (1631-1700)
John Dryden
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That powerful poetry was twin-brother to a prose, of more varied, but certainly of wilder and more irregular power than the admirable, the typical, prose of Dryden.
The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context
The Restoration Period, from the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 to the death of Dryden in 1700.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
"I am speaking," echoed Sir Patrick, "of John Dryden the Poet.
Man And Wife by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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