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Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Samuel Johnson. JOHNSON'S LIVES OF THE POETS PRIOR , CONGREVE , BLACKMORE , POPE . 4 ASSELL'S NATIONAL LIBRARY DITED BY PROFESSOR HENRY MORLEY 73 C 21194 Johnson , Samuel , Lives of the. Front Cover.
Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Samuel Johnson. JOHNSON'S LIVES OF THE POETS PRIOR , CONGREVE , BLACKMORE , POPE . 4 ASSELL'S NATIONAL LIBRARY DITED BY PROFESSOR HENRY MORLEY 73 C 21194 Johnson , Samuel , Lives of the. Front Cover.
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... that of Pope . " " Pope's laurel , since Johnson's days , has flou- rished , without showing a dead bough , for all the frosts of hostile criticism . H. M. LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS . PRIOR . MATTHEW PRIOR 6 INTRODUCTION .
... that of Pope . " " Pope's laurel , since Johnson's days , has flou- rished , without showing a dead bough , for all the frosts of hostile criticism . H. M. LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS . PRIOR . MATTHEW PRIOR 6 INTRODUCTION .
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Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Samuel Johnson. destitute of his private character and familiar practices . He lived ... Pope's opinion , fit only to make verses , and less qualified for business than Addison him- self . This was surely ...
Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Samuel Johnson. destitute of his private character and familiar practices . He lived ... Pope's opinion , fit only to make verses , and less qualified for business than Addison him- self . This was surely ...
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... Pope might have condescended to learn from him , when he needed it so much in his " Moral Essays . " In his descriptions both of life and nature , the poet and the philosopher happily co - operate ; truth is recom- mended by elegance ...
... Pope might have condescended to learn from him , when he needed it so much in his " Moral Essays . " In his descriptions both of life and nature , the poet and the philosopher happily co - operate ; truth is recom- mended by elegance ...
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Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Samuel Johnson. Urging its prison's sides to break a way , It makes that wider , where ' tis forced to stay : Till , having formed its living ... POPE . ALEXANDER POPE was born in London , May BLACKMORE . 61.
Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Samuel Johnson. Urging its prison's sides to break a way , It makes that wider , where ' tis forced to stay : Till , having formed its living ... POPE . ALEXANDER POPE was born in London , May BLACKMORE . 61.
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