The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Dent, 1949 |
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Page 80
... Poets , now printing , will do honour to the English press ; and a concise account of the life of each authour , by Dr. Johnson , will be a very valuable addition , and stamp the reputation of this edition superiour to any thing that is ...
... Poets , now printing , will do honour to the English press ; and a concise account of the life of each authour , by Dr. Johnson , will be a very valuable addition , and stamp the reputation of this edition superiour to any thing that is ...
Page 117
... Poets who had published a volume of poems . Johnson told me , " that a Mr. Coxeter , 1 whom he knew , had gone the greatest length towards this ; having collected , I think , about five hundred volumes of poets whose works were little ...
... Poets who had published a volume of poems . Johnson told me , " that a Mr. Coxeter , 1 whom he knew , had gone the greatest length towards this ; having collected , I think , about five hundred volumes of poets whose works were little ...
Page 339
... 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 hastily , unwilling to work , and working with vigour and haste . ” 1 In a memorandum ...
... 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 hastily , unwilling to work , and working with vigour and haste . ” 1 In a memorandum ...
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