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A report was spread , that the performance was not his own , but that he had bought it of a vicar for forty pounds . The same attempt was made to rob Addison of his Cato , and Pope of his Essay on Criticism . In 1647 , the distresses of ...
A report was spread , that the performance was not his own , but that he had bought it of a vicar for forty pounds . The same attempt was made to rob Addison of his Cato , and Pope of his Essay on Criticism . In 1647 , the distresses of ...
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His reputation in time was such , that his name was thought necessary to the success of every poetical or literary performance , and therefore he was engaged to contribute something , whatever it might be , to many publications .
His reputation in time was such , that his name was thought necessary to the success of every poetical or literary performance , and therefore he was engaged to contribute something , whatever it might be , to many publications .
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... where delight is mingled with instruction , and where the author proves his right of judgement , by his power of performance . ... was perhaps never more clearly exemplified than in the performances of Rymer and Dryden .
... where delight is mingled with instruction , and where the author proves his right of judgement , by his power of performance . ... was perhaps never more clearly exemplified than in the performances of Rymer and Dryden .
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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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