 | Anecdotes - 1852 - 670 pages
...in the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, " If I was a poet, and I am sure I am poor enough for HPO 0PO The king then stated the plan of the poem ; Dryden took the hint, and whe» the poem was finished,... | |
 | Robert Bell - Poets, English - 1839 - 430 pages
...the king one day, as they were walking together in the Mall. " If I were a poet," said the king, " and I think I am poor enough to be one, I would write...poem on such a subject in the following manner," and so his majesty went on laying down the plan of the work. Dryden was not slow to appreciate such a suggestion... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Judges - 1845 - 630 pages
...himself, who, walk* 8 St. Tr. 759. ing with him one day soon after in the Mall, said, " If I CHAP. were a poet (and I think I am poor enough to be one), I would write a poem on Lord Shaftesbury's escape from justice in the following manner," and then gave him the plan of it.... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count) - Great Britain - 1846 - 602 pages
...his poem, 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...the following manner ;' and then gave him the plan of it. Dryden took the hint, carried the poem as soon as written to the king, and had a present of... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1847 - 666 pages
...in the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, " If I was a poet, and I am sure I am poor enough for one, I would write a poem on such a~ subject, in the following manner." The king then scued the plan of the poem; Dryden took the him. und whea the poem was finished, ne pmenma... | |
 | John Coleman (of Dover.) - Europe - 1851 - 892 pages
...of Dryden's poem, " The Medal," for one day talking to that writer in the Mall, he said, " If I were a poet (and I think I am poor enough to be one) I...a poem on such a subject in the following manner." Dryden caught the idea, and executed the piece at once. Like most persons who have once possessed a... | |
 | 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
...his poem, 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...the following manner ;' and then gave him the plan of it. Dryden took the hint, carried the poem as soon as written to the king, and had a present of... | |
 | 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,... | |
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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. 
