D'Urfey
Americannoun
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What, then, were the “turning times” mentioned by D’Urfey?
From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2017
D'Urfey often introduces fresh and pleasing glimpses of country life.
From History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan
D'Urfey wrote a play, "The Old Mode and the New, or Country Miss with her Furbelow."
From The Tatler, Volume 3 by Various
This was Thomas D'Urfey, who in 1691 brought out a revised version of the play at the Theatre Royal.
From Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois by Boas, Frederick S.
D'Urfey, I am told, is an Admirer, and Mr. John Dunton has been heard to say, more than once, he had rather be the Author of it than all his Works.
From Parodies of Ballad Criticism (1711-1787) A Comment Upon the History of Tom Thumb, 1711, by William Wagstaffe; The Knave of Hearts, 1787, by George Canning by Wagstaffe, William
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