Dennis, John, 1657-1734
Dennis, John
Dennis, John 1657-1733
John Dennis English dramatist (1658–1734)
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Works
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The absolute unlawfulness of the stage-entertainment fully demonstrated | |
The advancement and reformation of modern poetry : a critical discourse | |
The battle of Ramillia : or, the power of union. A poem. In five books. By Mr. Dennis | |
The characters and conduct of Sir John Edgar, : call'd by himself sole monarch of the stage in Drury-Lane; and his three deputy-governors. In two letters to Sir John Edgar | |
comical gallant | |
A complete key to the new farce, : call'd Three hours after marriage. With an account of the authors. By E. Parker, philomath | |
Coriolanus | |
Correspondence. | |
The court of death : a Pindarique poem dedicated to the memory of Her Most Sacred Majesty, Queen Mary | |
The critical works of John Dennis | |
The danger of priestcraft to religion and government : with some politick reasons for toleration. Occasion'd by a discourse of Mr. Sacheverel's, intitul'd, The political union, &c. lately printed at Oxford. In a letter to a new-elected Member of Parliament | |
A defence of Sir Fopling Flutter, : A comedy Written by Sir George Etheridge. In which Defence is shewn, That Sir Fopling, that merry Knight, was rightly compos'd by the Knight his Father, to answer the Ends of Comedy; and that he has been barbarously and scurrilously attack'd by the Knight his Brother, in the 65th Spectator. By which it appears, That the latter Knight knows nothing of the Nature of Comedy | |
Early criticism, 1711 to 1716 | |
An essay on the genius and writings of Shakespear: with some letters of criticism to The spectator. By Mr. Dennis | |
An essay on the navy, : or England's advantage and safety, prov'd dependant on a formidable and well-disciplined navy; and the Encrease and Encouragement of Seamen. In two parts. Part I. Demonstrating the Necessity of a Formidable Navy, what our Naval Force is, in Number of Ships, their Names, Rates, Men, and Guns, the Method of Manning the Navy; the Seamen's Treatment, and manner of Payment, and therein divers Hardships that they suffer; the Prejudice accrueing to the Government, (and Nation in general) thereby; as well as by the late manner of Impressing; the Inconveniencies thereof demonstrated, &c. Part II. Containing an humble Proposal for removing the aforesaid Grievances; and giving due Encouragement to the Seamen: effectually Manning the Navy at all times, in few Days, and thereby saving to the Government Three or Four Hundred Thousand Pounds per Annum in time of War, and be no Charge, but rather save Monies in time of Peace: With a brief touch on Greenwich Hospital, for Encreasing the Revenues thereof. By the author of the Seamen's case | |
Essay on the opera's after Italian manner, 1706- | |
An essay upon publick spirit : being a satyr in Prose upon the Manners and Luxury of the times, The Chief Sources of our present Parties and Divisions | |
Familiar letters : vol. I. Written by the right honourable, John, late- Earl of Rochester, to the honourable Henry Savile, Esq; and other letters by persons of honour and quality. With letters written by the most ingenious Mr. Tho. Otway, and Mrs. K. Philips. Publish'd from their original copies. With modern letters by Tho. Cheek, esq; Mr. Dennis, and Mr. Brown | |
foreigners | |
A full consideration and confutation of Sir John Edgar. Sir Andrew Artlove. | |
The grounds of criticism in poetry, 1704 | |
Heroes of Literature. English Poets. A book for young readers. | |
The impartial critick | |
The invader of his country, or, The fatal resentment | |
The jolly breeze. 38 [...] [table of contents:] M:|r Eccles | |
Julius Cæser acquittted, and his murderers condemn'd. : In a letter to a friend. Shewing, that it was not Cf̆ar who destroy'd the Roman liberties, but the corruptions of the Romans themselves. Occasion'd by two letters in the London journal, the one of the 2d, the other of the 9th of December. To which is added a second letter, shewing, that if ever the liberties is Great Britain are lost, they will be no other way than by the corruptions of the people of Great Britain themselves. By Mr. Dennis | |
Law outlaw'd. | |
The Letters of With letters addressed to him. | |
Letters upon several occasions | |
Liberty asserted, a tragedy : as it is acted at the New Theatre in Little Lincoln's-Inn-Fields | |
Merry wives of Windsor. [Adaptation.] | |
Métamorphoses. | |
Miscellanies in verse and prose : a quote | |
Miscellany poems | |
The nuptials of Britain's genius and fame : a pindaric poem on the peace | |
Original letters : familiar, moral and critical | |
The person of quality's answer to Mr. Collier's letter, : Being a Disswasive from the Play-House. In which are Inserted the Apologies of a Young Lady, and Young Gentleman, in behalf of the Ladies and Gentlemen who frequent the Play-House | |
Plays. | |
A plot and no plot : a comedy as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane | |
A poem upon the death of her late sacred majesty Queen Anne, : and the Most Happy and most Auspicious Accession Of his Sacred Majesty King George, To the Imperial Crowns of Great Britain, France and Ireland. With an Exhortation to all True Britons to Unity. By Mr. Dennis | |
Pope Alexander's supremacy and infallibility examin'd : and the errors of Scriblerus and his man William detected. With the effigies of His Holiness and his prime minister, curiously engrav'd on copper | |
Priestcraft distinguish'd from Christianity. Shewing, I. That wicked priests are the real Antichrists mention'd in Scripture. II. That the Corruptions of the Laity in all Christian States, proceeds from the Corruptions of the Clergy. III. That there was a more General Vertue in the grossest Times of Paganism, than there has been since our Saviour came into the World. IV. That there is a more General Vertue in other Parts of the Globe, than in the Christian World. V. That there was a more General Vertue in our own Nation in the Times of our Ancestors, than there is in our own Times; and that Priestcraft, and Corruption of Manners, have increas'd together. By their Fruits ye shall know them | |
A proposal for putting a speedy end to the war, by ruining the commerce of the French and Spaniards, : and securing our own, without any additional expence to the nation | |
Proposals for printing by subscription, in two volumes in octavo, the following Miscellaneous tracts, written by Mr. John Dennis | |
Reflections critical and satirical upon an essay upon criticism, 1711 | |
Remarks upon cato, a tragedy. By Mr. Dennis | |
Remarks upon several passages in the preliminaries to the Dunciad, Both of the Quarto and the Duodecimo Edition. And upon several passages in Pope's preface to his translation of Homer's Iliad. In both which is shewn, The Author's Want of Judgment. With original letters from Sir Richard Steele, from the late Mr. Gildon, from Mr. Jacob, and from Mr. Pope himself, Which shew the Falshood of the latter, his Envy, and his Malice. By Mr. Dennis | |
The reverse: or, the tables turn'd : A poem written in answer, paragraph by paragraph, to a late scurrilous and malicious medly of rhimes called the foreigners | |
Rinaldo and Armida | |
Some reasons humbly offered to the Honourable House of Commons, to hear the petitioner John Dennis, when the report of the Q's and R's shall be read | |
Some remarkable passages of the life of Mr. Wycherley | |
A speech delivered by the Revd. John Dennis, A.B at a meeting held at Teignmouth, on Thursday, May 24th 1827, for the purpose of petitioning both Houses of Parliament to grant no further concessions to the Roman Catholics. | |
Stage defended. 1973 | |
The stage defended, from Scripture, reason, experience, and the common sense of mankind, for two thousand years. Occasion'd by Mr. Law's late pamphlet against stage-entertainments. In a letter to ****** By Mr. Dennis | |
Tragedies. | |
A true character of Mr. Pope | |
The usefulness of the stage to religion, and to government : shewing the advantage of the drama in all nations since its first institution. With an account of the rise and progress of the play-houses that were put down, and Remarks on all the Dramatick Pieces which have been Published and Played since the late Act of Parliament for Licencing the Stage, with the Reasons that Occasioned it. Also A Distinction between the Stage and the Press, and our present Written Plays and the Drama in its Purity, with Reflections on the Taste of the Times, as to Ballad Operas, Pantomines, Dumb Shew, Tumbling, Dancing, and Entertainments. | |
Vice and luxury publick mischiefs, or, Remarks on a book intituled, The fable of the bees; or, Private vices publick benefits | |
The works of Monsieur Voiture. | |
Works. Selections. 1693 | |
Works. Selections. 1718 |