The Dramatic Works of John Crowne, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from The Dramatic Works of John Crowne, Vol. 1: With Prefatory Memoir and NotesIf this anecdote is true, which it probably is, the explanation is not difficult. Born a poet, and con scious of the dicirius q¿atus, what pain Dryden must have endured at the indignity of having such a miser able poetaster as Elkanah Settle set up as a rival, and patronised by parties in power who preferred, or seemed to do so, such wretched tragedies as the Empress of Morocco, and the Illustrious Bassa to his All for Love and doi1 Sebastian, in both of which are passages worthy of the Older dramatists. Nor could the insult in transferring Calisto to Crowne be pardoned. NO doubt the latter, in his address to the reader, yields the palm to Dryden with a delicacy and propriety exceedingly to be commended, but still the insult by Rochester would not be forgotten, and when it is recollected that neither an ancient pedigree, a titled wife, nor noble relatives could supply the wants of a family or exclude the presence of poverty, we are surely entitled to overlook such ebullitions of temper as Old Jacob has been the means of preserving for the edification Of posterity.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.