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... it may be sufficient to remark , that the nation had been satisfied , from 1623 to 1664 , that is , forty - one years , with only two editions of the works of Shakespeare , which probably did not together make one thousand copies .
... it may be sufficient to remark , that the nation had been satisfied , from 1623 to 1664 , that is , forty - one years , with only two editions of the works of Shakespeare , which probably did not together make one thousand copies .
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His reading , though his favourite authors are not known , appears to have been sufficiently extensive and multifarious ; for his early pieces shew , with sufficient evidence , his knowledge 276 LIVES OF THE POETS.
His reading , though his favourite authors are not known , appears to have been sufficiently extensive and multifarious ; for his early pieces shew , with sufficient evidence , his knowledge 276 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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To a thousand cavils one answer is sufficient ; the purpose of a writer is to be read , and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside . Pope wrote for his own age and his own nation : he knew that it ...
To a thousand cavils one answer is sufficient ; the purpose of a writer is to be read , and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside . Pope wrote for his own age and his own nation : he knew that it ...
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Contents
Introduction | 5 |
Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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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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