Quotes from workThe Conquest of Granada
The Conquest of Granada is a Restoration era stage play, a two-part tragedy written by John Dryden that was first acted in 1670 and 1671 and published in 1672. It is notable both as a defining example of the "heroic drama" pioneered by Dryden, and as the subject of later satire.
“Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped;
And they have kept it since by being dead.”
John Dryden The Conquest of Granada
Epilogue.
The Conquest of Granada (1669-1670)
“Forgiveness to the injured does belong;
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.”
John Dryden The Conquest of Granada
Part 2, Act I, scene ii.
The Conquest of Granada (1669-1670)
“I am as free as Nature first made man,
Ere the base laws of servitude began”
John Dryden The Conquest of Granada
Part 1, Act I, scene i.
The Conquest of Granada (1669-1670)
Context: I am as free as Nature first made man,
Ere the base laws of servitude began,
When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
