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He sent to the press ( 1658 ) a manuscript of Raleigh , called the Cabinet Council ; and next year gratified his malevolence to the clergy , by a Treatise of Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Cases , and The Means of removing Hirelings out ...
He sent to the press ( 1658 ) a manuscript of Raleigh , called the Cabinet Council ; and next year gratified his malevolence to the clergy , by a Treatise of Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Cases , and The Means of removing Hirelings out ...
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One of these poems is called Dryden's Satire on his Muse ; ascribed , though , as Pope says , falsely , to Somers , who was afterwards Chancellor . The poem , whose soever it was , has much virulence , and some spriteliness .
One of these poems is called Dryden's Satire on his Muse ; ascribed , though , as Pope says , falsely , to Somers , who was afterwards Chancellor . The poem , whose soever it was , has much virulence , and some spriteliness .
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Robert Howard's , written long since , and lately put by him into my hands : ' tis called The Conquest of China by the Tartars . It will cost me six weeks ' study , with the probable benefit of an hundred pounds .
Robert Howard's , written long since , and lately put by him into my hands : ' tis called The Conquest of China by the Tartars . It will cost me six weeks ' study , with the probable benefit of an hundred pounds .
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volumes 83-84 of Oxford world's classics Issues 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Contributor | Arthur Waugh |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1952 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 16 Jul 2009 |
| Length | 472 pages |
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