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By this abruption , posterity lost more instruction than delight . If the continuation of the ' Davideis ' can be missed , it is for the learning that has been diffused over it , and the notes in which it had been explained .
By this abruption , posterity lost more instruction than delight . If the continuation of the ' Davideis ' can be missed , it is for the learning that has been diffused over it , and the notes in which it had been explained .
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Next to argument , his delight was in wild and daring sallies of sentiment , in the irregular and excentrick violence of wit . He delighted to tread upon the brink of meaning , where light and darkness begin to mingle ; to approach the ...
Next to argument , his delight was in wild and daring sallies of sentiment , in the irregular and excentrick violence of wit . He delighted to tread upon the brink of meaning , where light and darkness begin to mingle ; to approach the ...
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This honour was one Summer conferred on Thomson , who took more delight in carousing with lord Hertford and his friends than assisting her ladyship's poetical operations , and therefore never received another summons .
This honour was one Summer conferred on Thomson , who took more delight in carousing with lord Hertford and his friends than assisting her ladyship's poetical operations , and therefore never received another summons .
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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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