assignation

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All these appeared previous to the publication of the "Assignation."

From The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author by Saintsbury, George

I'll be hang'd first, by Fortune; for then 'twill be plain 'twas I, because I challeng'd Bellmour last Night, and broke my Assignation this Morning.

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Summers, Montague

Its success, with that of "Aureng-Zebe," gave fresh lustre to the author's reputation, which had been somewhat tarnished by the failure of the "Assignation," and the rise of so many rival dramatists.

From The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author by Saintsbury, George

The Assignation, or Love in a Nunnery, a comedy, 1673, was driven off the stage, "against the opinion," as the author says, "of the best judges."

From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Johnson, Samuel

The "Assignation" was published in 1673, and inscribed, by Dryden, to his much honoured friend Sir Charles Sedley.

From The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author by Saintsbury, George