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produced by an author generally read , and generally praised , that has crept through a century with so little regard . Whatever is said of Cowley , is meant of his other works . Of the ' Davideis ' no mention is made ; it never appears ...
produced by an author generally read , and generally praised , that has crept through a century with so little regard . Whatever is said of Cowley , is meant of his other works . Of the ' Davideis ' no mention is made ; it never appears ...
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Hudibras was not a hasty effusion ; it was not produced by a sudden tumult of imagination , or a short paroxysm of violent labour . To accumulate such a mass of sentiments at the call of accidental desire , or of sudden necessity ...
Hudibras was not a hasty effusion ; it was not produced by a sudden tumult of imagination , or a short paroxysm of violent labour . To accumulate such a mass of sentiments at the call of accidental desire , or of sudden necessity ...
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He ventured on a comedy , and produced the Biter ; with which , though it was unfavourably treated by the audience , he was himself delighted ; for he is said to have sat in the house , laughing with great vehemence , whenever he had in ...
He ventured on a comedy , and produced the Biter ; with which , though it was unfavourably treated by the audience , he was himself delighted ; for he is said to have sat in the house , laughing with great vehemence , whenever he had in ...
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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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