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There was reason to believe that Pope's attempt would be successful . He was in the full bloom of reputation , and was personally known to almost all whom dignity of employment or splendour of reputation had made eminent ; he conversed ...
There was reason to believe that Pope's attempt would be successful . He was in the full bloom of reputation , and was personally known to almost all whom dignity of employment or splendour of reputation had made eminent ; he conversed ...
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I believe the poems and the plates recommended each other so well , that the whole impression was soon bought . This year he lost his mother . Some time afterwards ( 1756 ) some young men of the college , whose chambers were near his ...
I believe the poems and the plates recommended each other so well , that the whole impression was soon bought . This year he lost his mother . Some time afterwards ( 1756 ) some young men of the college , whose chambers were near his ...
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... was affected most before those whom he did not wish to please ; and that he is unjustly charged with making knowledge his sole reason of preference , as he paid his esteem to none whom he did not likewise believe to be good .
... was affected most before those whom he did not wish to please ; and that he is unjustly charged with making knowledge his sole reason of preference , as he paid his esteem to none whom he did not likewise believe to be good .
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Introduction | 5 |
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | Robert Montagu |
| Publisher | Folio Society, 1965 |
| Length | 420 pages |
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