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Samuel Johnson. LEARY , Bookseller , h & Walnut , Philada . LIBRARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH Gift of Susan Snyder Frankham The OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY THE WORK S OF Samuel Johnson , LL . D.
Samuel Johnson. LEARY , Bookseller , h & Walnut , Philada . LIBRARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH Gift of Susan Snyder Frankham The OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY THE WORK S OF Samuel Johnson , LL . D.
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... ENGLISH POETS . Life of CowLEY , DENHAM , MILTON , BUTLER , ROCHESTER , ROSCOMMON , OTWAY , WALLER , POMFRET , DORSET , STEPNEY , J. PHILIPS , WALSH , DRYDEN , SMITH , DUKE , Page 5 71 82 177 196 205 216 222 277 280 284 287 305 308 449 ...
... ENGLISH POETS . Life of CowLEY , DENHAM , MILTON , BUTLER , ROCHESTER , ROSCOMMON , OTWAY , WALLER , POMFRET , DORSET , STEPNEY , J. PHILIPS , WALSH , DRYDEN , SMITH , DUKE , Page 5 71 82 177 196 205 216 222 277 280 284 287 305 308 449 ...
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... THE .. LIVE S OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS ; WITH CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR WORK S. VOL . II . B ADVERTISEMENT TO THE EDITION OF 1783 . T HE Bookfellers Mor 18, CONTENTS OF SECOND VOLUME THE LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH ...
... THE .. LIVE S OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS ; WITH CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR WORK S. VOL . II . B ADVERTISEMENT TO THE EDITION OF 1783 . T HE Bookfellers Mor 18, CONTENTS OF SECOND VOLUME THE LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH ...
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... English Poetry , I was perfuaded to promise them a Preface to the Works of each Au- thor ; an undertaking , as it was then prefented to my mind , not very extensive or difficult . My purpose was only to have allotted to every Poet an ...
... English Poetry , I was perfuaded to promise them a Preface to the Works of each Au- thor ; an undertaking , as it was then prefented to my mind , not very extensive or difficult . My purpose was only to have allotted to every Poet an ...
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