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ing , with other poetical compositions , " The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , ' written when he was ten years old ; and ' Constantia and Philetus , ' written two years after . While he was yet at school he produced a comedy ...
ing , with other poetical compositions , " The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , ' written when he was ten years old ; and ' Constantia and Philetus , ' written two years after . While he was yet at school he produced a comedy ...
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To the poem on Cider , written in imitation of the Georgicks , may be given this peculiar praise , that it is grounded in truth ; that the precepts which it contains are exact and just ; and that it is therefore , at once , a book of ...
To the poem on Cider , written in imitation of the Georgicks , may be given this peculiar praise , that it is grounded in truth ; that the precepts which it contains are exact and just ; and that it is therefore , at once , a book of ...
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It was a temporary performance , written in the time of the Dutch war , to inflame the nation against their enemies ; to whom he hopes , as he declares , in his Epilogue , to make his poetry not less destructive than that by which ...
It was a temporary performance , written in the time of the Dutch war , to inflame the nation against their enemies ; to whom he hopes , as he declares , in his Epilogue , to make his poetry not less destructive than that by which ...
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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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