The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 8Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, 1888 |
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... Poets " completed . Observations upon , and various Readings in , the Life of Cowley . - Waller . Dryden . Pope . Broome . - Blackmore . Philips . Milton . Parnell . ― - Akenside . Lord Lyttelton . - - Addison . - Congreve . - Tickell ...
... Poets " completed . Observations upon , and various Readings in , the Life of Cowley . - Waller . Dryden . Pope . Broome . - Blackmore . Philips . Milton . Parnell . ― - Akenside . Lord Lyttelton . - - Addison . - Congreve . - Tickell ...
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... Poets , " of which he gives this account : " Some time in March I finished the Lives of the Poets , ' which I wrote in my usual way , dilatorily and has- tily , unwilling to work , and working with vigour and haste . " ( 1 ) In a ...
... Poets , " of which he gives this account : " Some time in March I finished the Lives of the Poets , ' which I wrote in my usual way , dilatorily and has- tily , unwilling to work , and working with vigour and haste . " ( 1 ) In a ...
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... poets : upon the niceties of their characters , and the events of their progress through the world which they ... poet , of no more than a few pages , as he had originally in- tended ( 1 ) , he produced an ample , rich , and most ...
... poets : upon the niceties of their characters , and the events of their progress through the world which they ... poet , of no more than a few pages , as he had originally in- tended ( 1 ) , he produced an ample , rich , and most ...
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... poet an advertisement , like that which w find in the French Miscellanies , ' containing a few dates , and a general character ; but I have been led beyond my intention , hope by the honest desire of giving useful pleasure . " ( 1 ) The ...
... poet an advertisement , like that which w find in the French Miscellanies , ' containing a few dates , and a general character ; but I have been led beyond my intention , hope by the honest desire of giving useful pleasure . " ( 1 ) The ...
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... Poets , by , & c . The English Poets , biographically and critically considered , by Sam . Johnson . ' Let Mr. Nichols take his choice , or make another to his mind . May , 1781 . " You somehow forgot the advertisement for the new ...
... Poets , by , & c . The English Poets , biographically and critically considered , by Sam . Johnson . ' Let Mr. Nichols take his choice , or make another to his mind . May , 1781 . " You somehow forgot the advertisement for the new ...
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