The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 18Front matterReading editionChapter navigation32 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPREFACE TO A DIALOGUE CONCERNING WOMEN.PREFACE TO WALSH’S DIALOGUE CONCERNING WOMEN.CHARACTER OF M. ST. EVREMONT.CHARACTER OF M. ST. EVREMONT.CHARACTER OF POLYBIUS.THE CHARACTER OF POLYBIUS, AND HIS WRITINGS.THE LIFE OF LUCIAN.THE LIFE OF LUCIAN.LETTERS OF DRYDEN.DRYDEN’S LETTERS. LETTER I. TO THE FAIRE HANDS OF MADAME HONOR DRYDEN THESE CRAVE ADMITTANCE.56DRYDEN’S LETTERS. LETTER I. TO THE FAIRE HANDS OF MADAME HONOR DRYDEN THESE CRAVE ADMITTANCE.56 (continued 2)No. I.No. II. DRYDEN’S PATENT. Pat. 22. Car. II. p. 6. n. 6.No. III. THE AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE FABLESNo. IV. MR RUSSEL’s BILL FOR MR DRYDEN’S FUNERALLS.No. V. MRS THOMAS’S LETTERS CONCERNING DRYDEN’S DEATH AND FUNERAL; Extracted from Wilson’s Life of Congreve, 1730.No. VI. MONUMENT IN THE CHURCH AT TICHMARSH.No. VII. EXTRACT FROM AN EPISTOLARY POEM, TO JOHN DRYDEN, ESQ. OCCASIONED BY THE MUCH-LAMENTED DEATH OF THE RIGHT HON. JAMES EARL OF ABINGDON; BY WILLIAM PITTIS, LATE FELLOW OF NEW-COLLEGE, IN OXON.No. VIII. EXTRACTS FROM POEMS ATTACKING DRYDEN, FOR HIS SILENCE UPON THE DEATH OF QUEEN MARY.URANIA’S TEMPLE; OR, A SATIRE UPON THE SILENT POETS.No. IX. VERSES OCCASIONED BY READING MR DRYDEN’S FABLES. INSCRIBED TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. BY MR JABEZ HUGHES.No. IX. AN ODE BY WAY OF ELEGY, ON THE UNIVERSALLY LAMENTED DEATH OF THE INCOMPARABLE MR DRYDEN.AN ODE ON THE DEATH OF MR DRYDEN.No. X. TO THE MEMORY OF MR DRYDEN, A POEM.No. XI. EXTRACT FROM POETÆ BRITANNICI. A POEM, SATIRICAL AND PANEGYRICAL.No. XII. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE NINE MUSES; Or, Poems written by nine several Ladies, upon the death of the late famous John Dryden, Esq.No. XIII. VERSES IN PRAISE OF MR DRYDEN. To Mr Dryden, by Jo. Addison, Esq.INDEX.INDEX. (continued 2)GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS.DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →Volume 18 — PREFACE TO A DIALOGUE CONCERNING WOMEN.All chapters and sections (32)Opening pagesFront matterVolume 18 · Other sectionsPREFACE TO A DIALOGUE CONCERNING WOMEN.PREFACE TO WALSH’S DIALOGUE CONCERNING WOMEN.CHARACTER OF M. ST. EVREMONT.CHARACTER OF M. ST. EVREMONT.CHARACTER OF POLYBIUS.THE CHARACTER OF POLYBIUS, AND HIS WRITINGS.THE LIFE OF LUCIAN.THE LIFE OF LUCIAN.LETTERS OF DRYDEN.Volume 18 · Letters11Volume 18 · Other sectionsNo. I.No. II. DRYDEN’S PATENT. Pat. 22. Car. II. p. 6. n. 6.No. III. THE AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE FABLESNo. IV. MR RUSSEL’s BILL FOR MR DRYDEN’S FUNERALLS.No. V. MRS THOMAS’S LETTERS CONCERNING DRYDEN’S DEATH AND FUNERAL; Extracted from Wilson’s Life of Congreve, 1730.No. VI. MONUMENT IN THE CHURCH AT TICHMARSH.No. VII. EXTRACT FROM AN EPISTOLARY POEM, TO JOHN DRYDEN, ESQ. OCCASIONED BY THE MUCH-LAMENTED DEATH OF THE RIGHT HON. JAMES EARL OF ABINGDON; BY WILLIAM PITTIS, LATE FELLOW OF NEW-COLLEGE, IN OXON.No. VIII. EXTRACTS FROM POEMS ATTACKING DRYDEN, FOR HIS SILENCE UPON THE DEATH OF QUEEN MARY.URANIA’S TEMPLE; OR, A SATIRE UPON THE SILENT POETS.No. IX. VERSES OCCASIONED BY READING MR DRYDEN’S FABLES. INSCRIBED TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. BY MR JABEZ HUGHES.No. IX. AN ODE BY WAY OF ELEGY, ON THE UNIVERSALLY LAMENTED DEATH OF THE INCOMPARABLE MR DRYDEN.AN ODE ON THE DEATH OF MR DRYDEN.No. X. TO THE MEMORY OF MR DRYDEN, A POEM.No. XI. EXTRACT FROM POETÆ BRITANNICI. A POEM, SATIRICAL AND PANEGYRICAL.No. XII. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE NINE MUSES; Or, Poems written by nine several Ladies, upon the death of the late famous John Dryden, Esq.No. XIII. VERSES IN PRAISE OF MR DRYDEN. To Mr Dryden, by Jo. Addison, Esq.INDEX.INDEX. (continued 2)GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS.DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER.The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.◇PREFACE TO A DIALOGUE CONCERNING WOMEN. →