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... write a short account of the life of each poet by way of preface to his work . Johnson ' seemed exceedingly pleased with the proposal ' , and asked a fee of two hundred guineas , to which they agreed . As Edmund Malone said , if he had ...
... write a short account of the life of each poet by way of preface to his work . Johnson ' seemed exceedingly pleased with the proposal ' , and asked a fee of two hundred guineas , to which they agreed . As Edmund Malone said , if he had ...
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... write the Lives , and a great part of the time only thinking , ' but in 1781 he was able to say , ' Some time in March I finished the Lives of the Poets , which I wrote in my usual way , dilatorily and hastily , unwilling to work and ...
... write the Lives , and a great part of the time only thinking , ' but in 1781 he was able to say , ' Some time in March I finished the Lives of the Poets , which I wrote in my usual way , dilatorily and hastily , unwilling to work and ...
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... write a very long poem , in five parts , upon Liberty . While he was busy on the first book , Mr Talbot died ; and Thomson , who had been rewarded for his attendance by the place of secretary of the Briefs , * pays in the initial lines ...
... write a very long poem , in five parts , upon Liberty . While he was busy on the first book , Mr Talbot died ; and Thomson , who had been rewarded for his attendance by the place of secretary of the Briefs , * pays in the initial lines ...
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Introduction | 5 |
Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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