D'Urfey
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What, then, were the “turning times” mentioned by D’Urfey?
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2017
It may be surmised that Thomas D'Urfey stood no chance of winning any of those prizes, for he was too much of a Tory to please the Kit-Cat members.
From Inns and Taverns of Old London by Henry C. (Henry Charles) Shelley
But neither D'Urfey nor Langbaine could secure for Bussy D'Ambois a renewal of its earlier popularity.
From Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois by Frederick S. Boas
Otway and D'Urfey, Crowne and Southerne, names unequal in fame, vied in producing plays against the Whigs, which might counterbalance the effect of these popular dramas.
From The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author by George Saintsbury
Dryden's and Pope's odes are almost too well known to need mention; but Addison, Yalden, Shadwell, and even D'Urfey, tried their hands on praises of the same musical saint.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
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