An Essay of Dramatic Poesy

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If by the people you understand the multitude,
the hoi polloi, 'tis no matter what they think; they are sometimes in the right, sometimes in
the wrong: their judgement is a mere lottery.

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Dryden, John. An Essay of Dramatic Poesy. London: Henry Herringman, 1668.

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John Dryden. "An Essay of Dramatic Poesie." John Dryden: Selected Writings, edited by Steven N. Zwicker. Oxford University Press, 2020.

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