 | Peter Cunningham - Actors - 1852 - 250 pages
...the Medal to Dryden as a subject for a poem while walking in the Mall. " If I was a poet," he said, " and I think I am poor enough to be one, I would write a poem 011 such a subject in the following manner." — Dryden took the hint, carried Ms poem to the King,... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count), Charles II (King of England), Thomas Blount - Great Britain - 1853 - 568 pages
...called ' The Medal.' One day, as the king was walking in the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, ' If I was a poet, and I think I am poor enough to be...a poem on such a subject, in the following manner ;' and then gave him the plan of it. Dryden took the hint, carried the poem as soon as written to the... | |
 | Wiltshire Stanton Austin, John Ralph - Poets laureate - 1853 - 658 pages
...suggested the subject and the .method of treatment to Dryden. " If I was a poet," said his Majesty, " and I think I am "poor enough to be one, I would write a poem on such a subject ;" and he went on to plan " the medal," and Dryden wrote it according to the royal instructions and... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - Authors, English - 1854 - 292 pages
...gave Dryden the hint for writing his poem called the " Medal." " If I was a poet," said the King, \ " and I think I am poor enough to be one, I would / write a poem on such a subject," and then gave him the plan for it. Dryden took the hint, carried the poem, as soon as it was finished,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1855 - 556 pages
...as the King was strolling in the Mall, in St. James's Park, in conversation with Dryden, he said, " If I was a poet, and I think I am poor enough to be...in the following manner." He then gave him the plan for it. Dryden took the hint, and carrying the poem to the King as soon as it was written, Charles... | |
 | John Dryden - 1856 - 568 pages
...called " The Medal" One day, as the king was walking in the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, "if! was a poet, (and I think I am poor enough to be one,)...write a poem on such a subject in the following manner ;" and then gave him the plan for it. Dryden took the hint, carried the poem, as soon as it was written,... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Judges - 1857 - 448 pages
...Lord Shaftesbury's escape from justice in the following manner," and then gave him the plan of it. Dryden took the hint, carried the poem, as soon as...it was written, to the King, and had a present of a » 8 St Tr. 159. TOL. IT. <1 hundred broad pieces for it. It was published in March, 1682. The satire... | |
 | Joseph SPENCE - Authors, English - 1858 - 488 pages
...called " The Medal." One day, as the king was walking in the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, " If I was a poet, and I think I am poor enough to be...a poem on such a subject, in the following manner : " and then gave him the plan for it. — Dryden took the hint, carried the poem as soon as it was... | |
 | John Dryden - 1866 - 348 pages
...others) to the poet. One day the king was walking in the Mall, and talking with the poet ; he said, — ' If I was a poet, and I think I am poor enough to be...took the hint, carried the poem as soon as it was finished to the king, and had a present of a hundred broad pieces for it. This anecdote Pope seemed... | |
 | 1882 - 972 pages
...One day, so the story goes, as he was walking in the Mall and talking with Dryden, the King said, " If I was a poet — -and I think I am poor enough...him the plan of the " Medal." Dryden took the hint; the "Medal" was written and published, and he was well paid for his work. Released from gaol, Shaftesbury,... | |
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One day as the king was walking in the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, ' If I was a poet, (and I think I am poor enough to be one,) I would write a poem on such a subject in the following manner,' and then gave him the plan for it. 
