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His Majesties Declaration Defended
John Dryden
His Majesties Declaration Defended
John Dryden
Dryden's tract, His Majesties Declaration Defended is, like the one he is answering, in the form of a letter to a friend who has asked the writer's opinion of the Declaration and the answer to it. "I shall obey you the more willingly," Dryden responds, "because I know you are a lover of the Peace and Quietness of your Country; which the Author of this seditious Pamphlet, is endeavouring to disturb." He writes to show the "goodness and equity" of the Prince, because once they are understood, the faction will lose its power and the well-meaning but misled crowd will be no longer deceived by "the specious names of Religion and Liberty." After these introductory paragraphs Dryden began to reply to the pamphlet point by point. His method is to quote or, more strictly, partly to quote and partly to paraphrase, a sentence and then refute its argument. In so doing he is following the method of the author of A Letter.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | August 31, 2019 |
ISBN13 | 9781687860415 |
Publishers | INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED |
Pages | 64 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 4 mm · 104 g |
Language | English |
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