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Samuel Johnson. COLLECTION or BRITISH AUTHOR S . VOL . CCCCXVIII .
JOHNSON ' S LIVES . IN TWO VOLUME S . VOL . I . GEO TENN THE LIVES OF
THE ENGLISH POETS ; BY SAMUEL JOHNSON.
Samuel Johnson. COLLECTION or BRITISH AUTHOR S . VOL . CCCCXVIII .
JOHNSON ' S LIVES . IN TWO VOLUME S . VOL . I . GEO TENN THE LIVES OF
THE ENGLISH POETS ; BY SAMUEL JOHNSON.
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Samuel Johnson. THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS ; BY SAMUEL
JOHNSON , LL . D. IN TWO VOLUMES . BARCEL VOL . I. ATENEO ELONES
LEIPZIG BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ 1858 . h . 122395 CONTENTS OF V ( L U M.
Samuel Johnson. THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS ; BY SAMUEL
JOHNSON , LL . D. IN TWO VOLUMES . BARCEL VOL . I. ATENEO ELONES
LEIPZIG BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ 1858 . h . 122395 CONTENTS OF V ( L U M.
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The Life of Cowley , notwithstanding the penury of English biography , has been
written by Dr . Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of
language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of ...
The Life of Cowley , notwithstanding the penury of English biography , has been
written by Dr . Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of
language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of ...
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Among the English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be said " to lispin
nuinbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language ,
but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seem scarcely credible .
Among the English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be said " to lispin
nuinbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language ,
but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seem scarcely credible .
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of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which
the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , seemed unable to
contest the palm with any other of the lettered nations . If the Latin performances
of ...
of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which
the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , seemed unable to
contest the palm with any other of the lettered nations . If the Latin performances
of ...
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| Title | The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Collection of British and American Authors Collection of British authors Volumes 418-419 of Collection of British authors, Tauchnitz edition Volume 418 of Tauchnitz edition The Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 |
| Original from | Barcelona Athenaeum Library |
| Digitized | 22 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 414 pages |
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