"Compellation" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... with me, he gives me the compellation of "The Author of a Dramatic Essay;" which is a little discourse in dialogue, for the most part borrowed from the observations of others: therefore, that I may not be wanting to him in civility, I return his compliment, by calling him, "The Author ...
— The Works of John Dryden, Vol. II • Edited by Walter Scott |
