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elegant and accurate edition of all the English Poets of reputation , from Chaucer
to the present time . “ Accordingly a select number of the most respectable
booksellers met on the occasion , and , on consulting together , agreed , that all
the ...
elegant and accurate edition of all the English Poets of reputation , from Chaucer
to the present time . “ Accordingly a select number of the most respectable
booksellers met on the occasion , and , on consulting together , agreed , that all
the ...
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In 1781 Johnson at last completed his “ Lives of the Poets , " of which he gives
this account : “ Sometime in March I finished the • Lives of the Poets , ' which I
wrote in my usual way , dilatorily and hastily , unwilling to work , and working with
...
In 1781 Johnson at last completed his “ Lives of the Poets , " of which he gives
this account : “ Sometime in March I finished the • Lives of the Poets , ' which I
wrote in my usual way , dilatorily and hastily , unwilling to work , and working with
...
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the Poets , ” or attempt an analysis of their merits , which were I able to do it ,
would take up too much room in this work ; yet I shall make a few observations
upon some of them , and insert a few various readings.1 The Life of Cowley he
himself ...
the Poets , ” or attempt an analysis of their merits , which were I able to do it ,
would take up too much room in this work ; yet I shall make a few observations
upon some of them , and insert a few various readings.1 The Life of Cowley he
himself ...
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| Title | The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 2 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Henry Richard Tedder |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Editor | Percy Fitzgerald |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | G. Allen & Unwin, 1924 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 26 Feb 2020 |
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