Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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Samuel Johnson. price that was proposed , and would probably have been content with less , if less had been offered him . This poem was addressed to the Lord Tyrconnel , not only in the first lines , but in a formal dedication filled ...
Samuel Johnson. price that was proposed , and would probably have been content with less , if less had been offered him . This poem was addressed to the Lord Tyrconnel , not only in the first lines , but in a formal dedication filled ...
Page 193
... probably slow because she was afraid , and Harley was slow because he was doubtful ; he was a Tory only by necessity , or for convenience ; and when he had power in his hands , had no settled purpose for which he should employ it ...
... probably slow because she was afraid , and Harley was slow because he was doubtful ; he was a Tory only by necessity , or for convenience ; and when he had power in his hands , had no settled purpose for which he should employ it ...
Page 469
... probably gave the rest away ; for he was very liberal to the indigent . When time brought the History to a third edition , Reid was either dead or discarded ; and the superinten- dence of typography and punctuation was committed to a ...
... probably gave the rest away ; for he was very liberal to the indigent . When time brought the History to a third edition , Reid was either dead or discarded ; and the superinten- dence of typography and punctuation was committed to a ...
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