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Lest the reader think of Dryden as a stuffy purist, here he is on neologisms:
It is interesting to observe that Dryden, born only fifteen years after the death of Shakespeare, should a mere forty years later regard him as being of another age: clearly, three centuries ago people had quite a perception of time different from our own, largely, I believe, brought about by our more thorough documentation of the past hundred years in books, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, films, and, more recently, videos.
The quotations are from Catiline, by Ben Johnson, whom Dryden held in very high regard, a most judicious writer.
’ Indeed, the hallmark of authenticity was put on it by Chaucer, who seemed to be preparing it for Spenser, Bacon, Shakespeare, and the other Elizabethans, and for Donne, Milton, and Dryden.
A few months ago, a colleague wrote saying that he had encountered my mention of it but had been unable to find any reference in Dryden's writings.