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The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 11

Note 62 — EPISTLE THE FIFTEENTH.

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"'Tis thought the king will endeavour to keep up a standing army, and make the stir in Scotland his pretence for it: My cousin Dryden, and the country party, will, I suppose, be against it; for when a spirit is raised, 'tis hard conjuring him down again."

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