THE

WORKS

OF

JOHN DRYDEN.

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

WALTER SCOTT, Esq.

VOL. VIII.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR WILLIAM MILLER, Albemarle STREET,

BY JAMES BALLANTYNE AND CO. EDINBURGH.

1808.

CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME EIGHTH.

Amphitryon, or the Two Sosias, a Comedy,

Epistle Dedicatory to Sir William Leve-

son Gower, Bart....

King Arthur, or the British Worthy, a Dramatic

Opera,

Epistle Dedicatory to the Marquis of Ha-

lifax, .

...

Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy,

Epistle Dedicatory to the Earl of Roches-

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The Life of Cleomenes, translated from

Plutarch by Mr Thomas Creech, .. 207

...

Love Triumphant, or Nature will prevail, a Tragi-

comedy,.

Epistle Dedicatory to the Earl of Salis-

bury,...

Prologue, Song, Secular Masque, and Epilogue,

written for the Pilgrim, revived for Dryden's be-

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nefit in 1700,

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