In Visions purg'd from Fleam, &c. It was the Opinion both of Gre∣cians and Romans, that the Gods, in Visions or Dreams, often reveal'd to their Favourites a Cure for their Diseases, and sometimes those of others. Thus Alexander dreamt of an Herb which cur'd Ptolomy. These Gods were principally Apollo and Esculapius; but, in after times, the same Virtue and Good-will was attributed to Isis and Osiris. Which brings to my remembrance an odd passage in Sir Tho. Brown's Religio Medici, or in his vulgar Errours; the sense whereof is, That we are beholding, for many of our Discoveries in Physick, to the courteous Revelation of Spirits. By the Expression of Visions purg'd from Phlegm, our Author means such Dreams or Visions, as proceed not from Natural Causes, or Humours of the Body; but such as are sent from Heaven; and are, therefore, certain Remedies.
The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis translated into English verse by Mr. Dryden and several other eminent hands ; together with the satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus, made English by Mr. Dryden ; with explanatory notes at the end of each satire ; to which is prefix'd a discourse concerning the original and progress of satire ... by Mr. Dryden.
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- The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis translated into English verse by Mr. Dryden and several other eminent hands ; together with the satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus, made English by Mr. Dryden ; with explanatory notes at the end of each satire ; to which is prefix'd a discourse concerning the original and progress of satire ... by Mr. Dryden.
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"The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis translated into English verse by Mr. Dryden and several other eminent hands ; together with the satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus, made English by Mr. Dryden ; with explanatory notes at the end of each satire ; to which is prefix'd a discourse concerning the original and progress of satire ... by Mr. Dryden." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A46439.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 8, 2024.