Dryden’s “beware the fury of a patient man” applies to the speech that Obama gave last week at the Democratic National Convention.
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Dryden Had Trump’s Number
Dryden’s “Absolom and Architophel” describes unscrupulous politicians that we would find familiar today.
After Paris: Dryden on Dangers of Hysteria
In “Absolom and Architophel,” Dryden warns against unscrupulous figures exploiting the hysteria following plots like the Paris massacre.
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A Holiday Gathering of the Bates Clan
The holiday gathering of our family has me thinking of Sir Walter’s Scott’s poem about the gathering of the MacGregor clan.
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