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... poet should without difficulty become a great actor ; that he who can feel , could express ; that he who can excite ... poet may be easily supposed to want ; or that the attention of the poet and the player have been differently employed ...
... poet should without difficulty become a great actor ; that he who can feel , could express ; that he who can excite ... poet may be easily supposed to want ; or that the attention of the poet and the player have been differently employed ...
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... poet writ these two lines aboard some smack in a storm , and , being sea - sick , spewed up a good lump of clotted nonsense at once . ' Here is perhaps a sufficient specimen ; but as the pamphlet , though Dryden's , has never been ...
... poet writ these two lines aboard some smack in a storm , and , being sea - sick , spewed up a good lump of clotted nonsense at once . ' Here is perhaps a sufficient specimen ; but as the pamphlet , though Dryden's , has never been ...
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... poet . In 1659 , his poem on the death of Oliver was published , with those of Dryden and Waller . In his dedication to Dr. Wilkins he appears a very willing and liberal encomiast , both of the living and the dead . He implores his ...
... poet . In 1659 , his poem on the death of Oliver was published , with those of Dryden and Waller . In his dedication to Dr. Wilkins he appears a very willing and liberal encomiast , both of the living and the dead . He implores his ...
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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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