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Page 193
... endeavoured the improvement of his mind as well as of his fortune . That Clarendon might misjudge the motive of his retirement is the more probable , because he has evidently mistaken the commencement of his poetry , which he supposes ...
... endeavoured the improvement of his mind as well as of his fortune . That Clarendon might misjudge the motive of his retirement is the more probable , because he has evidently mistaken the commencement of his poetry , which he supposes ...
Page 370
... endeavoured rather to divert than astonish ; that his thoughts seldom aspired to sublimity ; and that , if his verse was easy and his images familiar , he attained what he desired . His purpose is to be merry ; but perhaps , to enjoy ...
... endeavoured rather to divert than astonish ; that his thoughts seldom aspired to sublimity ; and that , if his verse was easy and his images familiar , he attained what he desired . His purpose is to be merry ; but perhaps , to enjoy ...
Page 459
... endeavoured to protect the Catalans . After the Queen's death , he became a constant opponent of the Court ; and , having no public business , is supposed to have amused himself by writing his two tragedies . He died February 24 , 1720 ...
... endeavoured to protect the Catalans . After the Queen's death , he became a constant opponent of the Court ; and , having no public business , is supposed to have amused himself by writing his two tragedies . He died February 24 , 1720 ...
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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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