The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Samuel Johnson. COLLECTION OF BRITISH AUTHORS . VOL . CCCCXVIII . JOHNSON'S LIVES . IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . I. SEU RA 1 THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS ; BY SAMUEL.
Samuel Johnson. COLLECTION OF BRITISH AUTHORS . VOL . CCCCXVIII . JOHNSON'S LIVES . IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . I. SEU RA 1 THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS ; BY SAMUEL.
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Samuel Johnson. THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS ; BY SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL . D. IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . I. NE BARCELO ONES LEIPZIG BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ 1858 . h.112395 CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. PAGE COWLEY I DENHAM 48.
Samuel Johnson. THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS ; BY SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL . D. IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . I. NE BARCELO ONES LEIPZIG BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ 1858 . h.112395 CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. PAGE COWLEY I DENHAM 48.
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... 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 friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has ...
... 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 friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has ...
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... English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be said " to lisp in numbers ; " 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 . But ...
... English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be said " to lisp in numbers ; " 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 . But ...
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