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OF THE GREAT POET WHOSE LIFE I AM ABOUT TO DELINEATE , the curiosity which his reputation must excite , will require a display more ample than can now be given . His contemporaries , however they reverenced his genius , left his life ...
OF THE GREAT POET WHOSE LIFE I AM ABOUT TO DELINEATE , the curiosity which his reputation must excite , will require a display more ample than can now be given . His contemporaries , however they reverenced his genius , left his life ...
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The earl of Rochester , to suppress the reputation of Dryden , took Settle into his protection , and endeavoured to persuade the publick that its approbation had been to that time misplaced . Settle was a while in high reputation : his ...
The earl of Rochester , to suppress the reputation of Dryden , took Settle into his protection , and endeavoured to persuade the publick that its approbation had been to that time misplaced . Settle was a while in high reputation : his ...
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... was born in 1688 , at or near Barnstaple , where he was educated by Mr Luck , who taught the school of that town with good reputation , and , a little before he retired from it , published a volume of Latin and English verses .
... was born in 1688 , at or near Barnstaple , where he was educated by Mr Luck , who taught the school of that town with good reputation , and , a little before he retired from it , published a volume of Latin and English verses .
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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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