New Grub Street on Absalom and Achitophel: “Will you credit that he twice or thrice referred to Settle's reply to "Absalom and Achitophel" by the title of "Absalom Transposed," when every schoolgirl knows that the thing was called "Achitophel Transposed"!”
Camilla on Absalom and Achitophel: “He's every thing by turns, and nothing long. [Footnote 3: Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel.]”
L'Homme qui Rit on Absalom and Achitophel: “"_Dryden is the greatest poet of England, and of the century_," said Atterbury, the translator of "Achitophel."”
Moby-Dick on Annus Mirabilis: “Which through their gaping jaws mistake the way.” —_Dryden’s Annus Mirabilis_.”