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While he was yet at school he produced a comedy called “ Love's Riddle , "
though it was not published till he had been some time at Cambridge . This
comedy its of the pastoral kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living
world , 66 ...
While he was yet at school he produced a comedy called “ Love's Riddle , "
though it was not published till he had been some time at Cambridge . This
comedy its of the pastoral kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living
world , 66 ...
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... of which the materials could not have been collected without the study of many
years , but by a mind of the greatest vigour and activity Two years after his
settlement at Cambridge he published “ Love ' s Riddle , ” with a poetical
dedication to ...
... of which the materials could not have been collected without the study of many
years , but by a mind of the greatest vigour and activity Two years after his
settlement at Cambridge he published “ Love ' s Riddle , ” with a poetical
dedication to ...
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In the year 1647 , his “ Mistress ” was published ; for he imagined , as he
declared in his preface to a subsequent edition , that “ poets are scarcely thought
freemen of their company without paying some duties , or obliging themselves to
be true ...
In the year 1647 , his “ Mistress ” was published ; for he imagined , as he
declared in his preface to a subsequent edition , that “ poets are scarcely thought
freemen of their company without paying some duties , or obliging themselves to
be true ...
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Some of his letters to Mr . Bennett , afterwards Earl of Arlington , from April to
December , in 1650 , are preserved in “ Miscellanea Aulica , " a collection of
papers published by Brown . These letters , being written like those of other men
whose ...
Some of his letters to Mr . Bennett , afterwards Earl of Arlington , from April to
December , in 1650 , are preserved in “ Miscellanea Aulica , " a collection of
papers published by Brown . These letters , being written like those of other men
whose ...
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This year he published his poems , with a preface , in which he seems to have
inserted something suppressed in subsequent editions , which was interpreted to
denote some relaxation of his loyalty . In this preface he declares , that " his
desire ...
This year he published his poems , with a preface , in which he seems to have
inserted something suppressed in subsequent editions , which was interpreted to
denote some relaxation of his loyalty . In this preface he declares , that " his
desire ...
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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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