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He considered the verse of twelve syllables as elevated and majestick , and has therefore deviated into that measure when he ... In the ' Davideis ' are some hemistichs , or verses left imperfect by the author , in imitation of Virgil ...
He considered the verse of twelve syllables as elevated and majestick , and has therefore deviated into that measure when he ... In the ' Davideis ' are some hemistichs , or verses left imperfect by the author , in imitation of Virgil ...
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It is not easy to think without some contempt on an author , who is growing illustrious in his own opinion by verses , at one time , ' To a Lady , who can do any thing , but sleep , when she pleases .
It is not easy to think without some contempt on an author , who is growing illustrious in his own opinion by verses , at one time , ' To a Lady , who can do any thing , but sleep , when she pleases .
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His next paper of verses contained a character of the principal English poets , inscribed to Henry Sacheverell , who was then , if not a poet , a writer of verses ; as is shewn by his version of a small part of Virgil's Georgicks ...
His next paper of verses contained a character of the principal English poets , inscribed to Henry Sacheverell , who was then , if not a poet , a writer of verses ; as is shewn by his version of a small part of Virgil's Georgicks ...
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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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