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The critical decision has given the praise of strength to Denham , and of sweetness to Waller . His excellence of versification has some ... Praise had given him confidence ; and finding the world satisfied , he satisfied himself .
The critical decision has given the praise of strength to Denham , and of sweetness to Waller . His excellence of versification has some ... Praise had given him confidence ; and finding the world satisfied , he satisfied himself .
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With not much better success , Trapp , when his Tragedy and his Prelections had given him reputation , attempted another blank version of the Eneid ; to which , notwithstanding the slight regard with which it was treated , he had ...
With not much better success , Trapp , when his Tragedy and his Prelections had given him reputation , attempted another blank version of the Eneid ; to which , notwithstanding the slight regard with which it was treated , he had ...
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After the usual domestick education , which , from the character of his father , may be reasonably supposed to have given him strong impressions of piety , he was committed to the care of Mr. Naish at Ambrosbury , and afterwards of Mr.
After the usual domestick education , which , from the character of his father , may be reasonably supposed to have given him strong impressions of piety , he was committed to the care of Mr. Naish at Ambrosbury , and afterwards of Mr.
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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 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1968 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 6 Jul 2011 |
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