The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations of Their Works, Volume 2Derby & Jackson, 1857 - English poetry |
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Page xi
... letters from Prior to his patron and friend the witty Earl of Dorset , and three unpublished letters from Swift to Arbuthnot , are to be found in print for the first time in this edition of Johnson ; and a highly interesting letter ...
... letters from Prior to his patron and friend the witty Earl of Dorset , and three unpublished letters from Swift to Arbuthnot , are to be found in print for the first time in this edition of Johnson ; and a highly interesting letter ...
Page xii
... letter from Mrs. Montagu to Herbert Croft , to which such marked allusion is made in the Life adopted by Dr. Johnson , was also first printed by me ; and three long and hitherto unpublished letters from Akenside are included in the ...
... letter from Mrs. Montagu to Herbert Croft , to which such marked allusion is made in the Life adopted by Dr. Johnson , was also first printed by me ; and three long and hitherto unpublished letters from Akenside are included in the ...
Page 38
... Letter to Addison , ' 6th Oct. 1713. The ' Spectator ' dropped 6th December , 1712 , on the con- clusion of the ... letters on this subject , including one from Blackmore , in Hughes's ' Corresp . ' vol . i . 27 My father's opinion of Dr ...
... Letter to Addison , ' 6th Oct. 1713. The ' Spectator ' dropped 6th December , 1712 , on the con- clusion of the ... letters on this subject , including one from Blackmore , in Hughes's ' Corresp . ' vol . i . 27 My father's opinion of Dr ...
Page 56
... letter to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , says that ' Mariamne ' " brought its author above 1500l . " - Letter in Dallaway's Life of Lady Mary . 15 " The well - known Ford , " Johnson's own cousin . ( See Mr. Croker's note in ' Boswell ...
... letter to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , says that ' Mariamne ' " brought its author above 1500l . " - Letter in Dallaway's Life of Lady Mary . 15 " The well - known Ford , " Johnson's own cousin . ( See Mr. Croker's note in ' Boswell ...
Page 59
... letter by which he communicated to Broome an account of his death . " DR SIR . " TO THE REVD . MR . BROOME " At Pulham , near Harlestone . " 29 August , 1780 . " I intended to write to you on this melancholy subject , the death of Mr ...
... letter by which he communicated to Broome an account of his death . " DR SIR . " TO THE REVD . MR . BROOME " At Pulham , near Harlestone . " 29 August , 1780 . " I intended to write to you on this melancholy subject , the death of Mr ...
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