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He had all the forms of excellence , intellectual and moral , combined in his mind , with endless variation ; and when he had scattered on the hero of the day the golden shower of wit and virtue , he had ready for him , whom he wished ...
He had all the forms of excellence , intellectual and moral , combined in his mind , with endless variation ; and when he had scattered on the hero of the day the golden shower of wit and virtue , he had ready for him , whom he wished ...
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After all , we need not yield that the English way is less conducing to move pity and terror , because they often shew virtue oppressed and vice punished : where they do not both , or either , they are not to be defended .
After all , we need not yield that the English way is less conducing to move pity and terror , because they often shew virtue oppressed and vice punished : where they do not both , or either , they are not to be defended .
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Passion and pride were to her soul unknown , Convinc'd that Virtue only is our own . So unaffected , so compos'd a mind , So firm , yet soft , so strong , yet so refin'd , Heaven , as its purest gold , by tortures try'd , The saint ...
Passion and pride were to her soul unknown , Convinc'd that Virtue only is our own . So unaffected , so compos'd a mind , So firm , yet soft , so strong , yet so refin'd , Heaven , as its purest gold , by tortures try'd , The saint ...
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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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