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Though the life of a writer , from about thirty - five to sixtythree , may be supposed to have been sufficiently busied by the composition of eight and twenty pieces for the stage , Dryden found room in the same space for many other ...
Though the life of a writer , from about thirty - five to sixtythree , may be supposed to have been sufficiently busied by the composition of eight and twenty pieces for the stage , Dryden found room in the same space for many other ...
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In his retirement he may be supposed to have applied himself to books ; for he discovers more literature than the poets have commonly attained . But his studies were in his latter days obstructed by cataracts in his eyes , which at last ...
In his retirement he may be supposed to have applied himself to books ; for he discovers more literature than the poets have commonly attained . But his studies were in his latter days obstructed by cataracts in his eyes , which at last ...
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a larged ; nor can he be supposed to have wanted that curiosity which is inseparable from an active and comprehensive mind . He may therefore now be supposed to have revelled in all the joys of intellectual luxury ; he was every day ...
a larged ; nor can he be supposed to have wanted that curiosity which is inseparable from an active and comprehensive mind . He may therefore now be supposed to have revelled in all the joys of intellectual luxury ; he was every day ...
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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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