D'Urfey
Americannoun
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What, then, were the “turning times” mentioned by D’Urfey?
From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2017
D'Urfey was a favourite with Queen Anne, and many of his poems were written at Knole, Penshurst, and other seats of the nobility.
From History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan
D'Urfey wrote through the reigns of Charles II.,
From History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan
The original is not without a certain breadth in certain passages, and what Cervantes made broad D’Urfey might be trusted to make broader.
From By-ways in Book-land Short Essays on Literary Subjects by Adams, William Davenport
Thomas D'Urfey was a licentious writer of plays and songs, whose tunes Charles II. would hum as he leant on their writer's shoulder.
From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph
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