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He composed in Latin several books on Plants , of which the first and second display the qualities of Herbs , in elegiac verse ; the third and fourth , the beauties of Flowers in various measures ; and in the fifth and sixth , the uses ...
He composed in Latin several books on Plants , of which the first and second display the qualities of Herbs , in elegiac verse ; the third and fourth , the beauties of Flowers in various measures ; and in the fifth and sixth , the uses ...
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Thirdly , what he thinks the beauties of it . Fourthly , the means to attain the end proposed . ' Compare the Greek and English tragick poets justly , and without partiality , according to those rules .
Thirdly , what he thinks the beauties of it . Fourthly , the means to attain the end proposed . ' Compare the Greek and English tragick poets justly , and without partiality , according to those rules .
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We saw the old rules and new beauties placed in admirable order by each other ; and there was a predominant fancy and spirit of his own infused , superior to what some draw off from the ancients , or from poesies here and there culled ...
We saw the old rules and new beauties placed in admirable order by each other ; and there was a predominant fancy and spirit of his own infused , superior to what some draw off from the ancients , or from poesies here and there culled ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volumes 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1968 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 6 Jul 2011 |
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