The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.Dent, 1949 - Authors, English |
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... LONDON , a Poem , in Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal ; " which came out in May this year , and burst forth with a splendour , the rays of which will for ever encircle his name . Boileau had imitated the same satire with great ...
... LONDON , a Poem , in Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal ; " which came out in May this year , and burst forth with a splendour , the rays of which will for ever encircle his name . Boileau had imitated the same satire with great ...
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... London " was published in May , 1738 ; 1 and it is remarkable , that it came out on the same morning with Pope's satire , entitled " 1738 ; 1738 ; " so that England had at once its Juvenal and Horace as poetical monitors . The Reverend ...
... London " was published in May , 1738 ; 1 and it is remarkable , that it came out on the same morning with Pope's satire , entitled " 1738 ; 1738 ; " so that England had at once its Juvenal and Horace as poetical monitors . The Reverend ...
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... LONDON he had only ten guineas ; and now , after his fame was established , he got for his " Vanity of Human Wishes ... London . " More readers , therefore , will be delighted with the pointed spirit of London , " than with the profound ...
... LONDON he had only ten guineas ; and now , after his fame was established , he got for his " Vanity of Human Wishes ... London . " More readers , therefore , will be delighted with the pointed spirit of London , " than with the profound ...
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