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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. ON'S THE LIVE S OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS ;. Front Cover.
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. ON'S THE LIVE S OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS ;. Front Cover.
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson ! 2 THE LIVE S OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS.
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson ! 2 THE LIVE S OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS.
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... POETS ; WITH CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR WORK S. By SAMUEL JOHNSON . A NEW EDITION , CORRECTED . THE SECOND VOLUME . LONDON : PRINTED FOR C. BATHURST , J. BUCKLAND , W.STRAHAN , J.RIVING- TON AND SONS , T. DAVIES , T.PAYNE , L. DAVIS ...
... POETS ; WITH CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR WORK S. By SAMUEL JOHNSON . A NEW EDITION , CORRECTED . THE SECOND VOLUME . LONDON : PRINTED FOR C. BATHURST , J. BUCKLAND , W.STRAHAN , J.RIVING- TON AND SONS , T. DAVIES , T.PAYNE , L. DAVIS ...
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... poet . When the king was restored , Dryden , like the other panegyrifts of ufurpation , changed his opinion , or his profeffion , and published ASTREA REDUX , a poem on the happy restor- ation and return of his most facred Majefty King ...
... poet . When the king was restored , Dryden , like the other panegyrifts of ufurpation , changed his opinion , or his profeffion , and published ASTREA REDUX , a poem on the happy restor- ation and return of his most facred Majefty King ...
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... poets . The practice of making tragedies in rhyme was introduced foon after the Restoration , as it seems , by the earl of Orrery , in com- pliance with the opinion of Charles the Se- cond , who had formed his tafte by the French ...
... poets . The practice of making tragedies in rhyme was introduced foon after the Restoration , as it seems , by the earl of Orrery , in com- pliance with the opinion of Charles the Se- cond , who had formed his tafte by the French ...
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