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His submission to the seasons was at least more reasonable than his dread of decaying Nature , or a frigid zone ; for general causes must operate uniformly in a general abatement of mental power ; if less could be performed by the ...
His submission to the seasons was at least more reasonable than his dread of decaying Nature , or a frigid zone ; for general causes must operate uniformly in a general abatement of mental power ; if less could be performed by the ...
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This is no romantick or incredible act of generosity ; an hundred a year is often enough given to claims less cogent , by men less famed for liberality . Yet Dryden always represented himself as suffering under a public infliction ...
This is no romantick or incredible act of generosity ; an hundred a year is often enough given to claims less cogent , by men less famed for liberality . Yet Dryden always represented himself as suffering under a public infliction ...
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Pope was now forty - four years old ; an age at which the mind begins less easily to admit new confidence , and the will to grow less flexible , and when therefore the departure of an old friend is very acutely felt .
Pope was now forty - four years old ; an age at which the mind begins less easily to admit new confidence , and the will to grow less flexible , and when therefore the departure of an old friend is very acutely felt .
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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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