Excerpt from The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden, Now First Collected, Vol. 2: With Notes and Illustrations; An Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, Grounded on Original and Authentick Documents; And a Collection of His Letters, the Greater Part of Which Has Never Before Been Published Honest Montague goes yet farther Nous no sommes gue ceremonie; la oeremonie nous emporte, et Zaissons la substance dos olzoses; nous tenons aux handles, oz' abandonnons lo trono et le corps. Nous avons appris aux Dames do rougir, ayans seulenzent nommer ce qu'elles ne craignent auounement a faire nous n'osons appeller a droiczt nos nzembres, 81 no cmig nons par do for employer a toute sorz'e do doeauo/ze. La oeremonie nous defend d'exprimer par paroles for c/zoses [miles of naturalles, oi nous l'en crayons la raison nous defend do n'en fairo point dillicites oi mauvaises, oi personne no Z'en oroid. My comfort is, that by this opinion my enemies are but suck-f ing criticks, who would fain be nibbling me their' teeth are come. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.