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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 produced . Every body was delighted with it ; and there 1 Sir John Hawkins , p . 86 , tells us , " The event is antedated , in the poem of ' London ; but in every particular , except the difference of a year , what is there said ...
... London produced . Every body was delighted with it ; and there 1 Sir John Hawkins , p . 86 , tells us , " The event is antedated , in the poem of ' London ; but in every particular , except the difference of a year , what is there said ...
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... London " he had only ten guineas ; and now , after his fame was established , he got for his " Vanity of Human ... London . " More readers , therefore , will be delighted with the pointed spirit of " London , " than with the ...
... London " he had only ten guineas ; and now , after his fame was established , he got for his " Vanity of Human ... London . " More readers , therefore , will be delighted with the pointed spirit of " London , " than with the ...
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17091731 | 1 |
Death of Johnsons FatherIntercourse with Society in Lichfield Gilbert Walmesley | 30 |
17371738 | 47 |
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