We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what they help distribute to the public; by which means a falsehood once received from a famed writer becomes traditional to posterity. β¨ John Dryden (1808). The works of John Dryden: now first collected in eighteen volumes. Illustrated with notes, historical, critical, and explanatory, and a life of the author, p.37
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- Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. β¨ John Dryden, John Mitford (1847). The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose, p.189
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- He made all countries where he came his own. β¨ John Dryden, Joseph Warton, John Warton (1811). The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems, Tales, and Translations, p.30
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