D'Urfey
Americannoun
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What, then, were the “turning times” mentioned by D’Urfey?
From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2017
This noteworthy paper, edited by Peter Anthony Motteux while he was translating Rabelais, included among its contributors Aphra Behn, Oldmixon, Dennis, D'Urfey and others.
From Early Reviews of English Poets by Haney, John Louis
In former times this tasteless, silly town Too fondly prais'd Tom D'Urfey and Tom Brown.
From The Works of Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes Volume 12 by Saintsbury, George
Thomas D'Urfey died in 1723, aged 70, leaving Steele a watch and chain, which his friend wore at the funeral.
From The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 by Aitken, George A.
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 Thornbury, Walter
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