"Second in a series of miscellanies published by Tonson, 1684-1709, containing many contributions by Dryden, Addison, Pope and Prior. The first appeared under the title "Miscellany poems", the 5 later volumes under various titles. The present volume contains translations from Virgil, Lucretius, Theocritus, and Horace, mainly by Dryden, and a long preface by him."--NUC pre-1956 imprints. |