THE

WORKS

OF

JOHN DRYDEN,

NOW FIRST COLLECTED

IN EIGHTEEN VOLUMES.

ILLUSTRATED

WITH NOTES,

HISTORICAL, CRITICAL, AND EXPLANATORY,

AND

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

BY

SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART.

SECOND EDITION.

VOL. VIII.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH;

AND HURST, ROBINSON, AND CO. LONDON.

1821.

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PUBLIC LIBRARY 143732A

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS

1984

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Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh.

CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME EIGHTH.

Amphitryon, or the Two Sosias, a Comedy,

Epistle Dedicatory to Sir William Leveson

Gower, Bart.

1

7

King Arthur, or the British Worthy, a Dramatic Opera, 107

Epistle Dedicatory to the Marquis of Halifax, 113

Epistle Dedicatory to the Earl of Rochester, 191

Preface,

The Life of Cleomenes, translated from Plu-

tarch by Mr Thomas Creech,

Love Triumphant, or Nature will prevail, a Tragi-

comedy,

196

207

331

Epistle Dedicatory to the Earl of Salisbury, 337

Prologue, Song, Secular Masque, and Epilogue, write

ten for the Pilgrim, revived for Dryden's benefit

in 1700,

347