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easily adopted , nor can the attention be often interested in any thing that befalls them . To the subject , thus originally indisposed to the reception of poetical embellishments , the writer brought little that could reconcile ...
easily adopted , nor can the attention be often interested in any thing that befalls them . To the subject , thus originally indisposed to the reception of poetical embellishments , the writer brought little that could reconcile ...
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The Verses on the unfortunate Lady have drawn much attention by the illaudable singularity of treating suicide with respect ; and they must be allowed to be written in some parts with vigorous animation , and in others with gentle ...
The Verses on the unfortunate Lady have drawn much attention by the illaudable singularity of treating suicide with respect ; and they must be allowed to be written in some parts with vigorous animation , and in others with gentle ...
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He had recommendations to several persons of consequence , which he had tied up carefully in his handkerchief ; but as he passed along the street , with the gaping curiosity of a new - comer , his attention was upon ...
He had recommendations to several persons of consequence , which he had tied up carefully in his handkerchief ; but as he passed along the street , with the gaping curiosity of a new - comer , his attention was upon ...
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Contents
Introduction | 5 |
Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | Robert Montagu |
| Publisher | Folio Society, 1965 |
| Length | 420 pages |
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