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... writing was wonderful , in 1649 pub- lished Defensio Regis . To this Milton was required to write a sufficient answer ; which he performed ( 1651 ) in such a manner , that Hobbes declared himself unable to decide whose language was best ...
... writing was wonderful , in 1649 pub- lished Defensio Regis . To this Milton was required to write a sufficient answer ; which he performed ( 1651 ) in such a manner , that Hobbes declared himself unable to decide whose language was best ...
Page 256
... write the dedication felt no pain in writing the preface . Aureng Zebe is a tragedy founded on the actions of a great prince then reigning , but over nations not likely to employ their criticks upon the transactions of the English stage ...
... write the dedication felt no pain in writing the preface . Aureng Zebe is a tragedy founded on the actions of a great prince then reigning , but over nations not likely to employ their criticks upon the transactions of the English stage ...
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... writer , that , when he had taken his resolution , or made his plan for what he designed to write , he would walk about a room , and dictate it into language with as much freedom and ease as any one could write it down , and attend to ...
... writer , that , when he had taken his resolution , or made his plan for what he designed to write , he would walk about a room , and dictate it into language with as much freedom and ease as any one could write it down , and attend to ...
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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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