[443]Dedication of "Tyrannic Love," III. 347.
[444]He also says in the same epistle dedicatory: "All men will join me in the adoration which I pay you." To the Earl of Rochester he writes in a letter (XVIII. 90): "I find it is not for me to contend any way with your Lordship, who can write better on the meanest subject than I can on the best.... You are above any incense I can give you." In his dedication of the Fables (XI. 195) he compares the Duke of Ormond to Joseph, Ulysses, Lucullus, etc. In his fourth poetical epistle (XI. 20) he compares Lady Castlemaine to Cato.
[445]Dedication of the "Essay of Dramatic Poesy," XV. 286.
[446]See Andrew Marvell's Works, I. 210.
[447]"Marriage à la Mode," IV. 245.
[448]Scott's "Life of Dryden," I. 447.
[449]Letter 2, "to Mr. John Dennis," XVIII. 114.
[450]Letter 29, "to Mrs. Steward," XVIII. 144.
[451]"Essay of Dramatic Poesy," XV. 302.
[452]Preface to "An Evening's Love," III. 225.