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It is surely very difficult to tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat could not
refrain from amplifying a commodious incident , though the book to which he
prefixed his narrative contained'its confutation . A memory admitting some things ,
and ...
It is surely very difficult to tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat could not
refrain from amplifying a commodious incident , though the book to which he
prefixed his narrative contained'its confutation . A memory admitting some things ,
and ...
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... who had means enough ofinformation , that , whatever he may talk of his own
inflammability , and the variety of characters by which his heart was divided , he
in reality was in love but once , and then never had resolution to tell his passion ...
... who had means enough ofinformation , that , whatever he may talk of his own
inflammability , and the variety of characters by which his heart was divided , he
in reality was in love but once , and then never had resolution to tell his passion ...
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And to tell you the truth ( which I take to be an argument above all the rest ) , Virgil
has told the same thing to that purpose . " This expression from a secretary of the
present time would be considered as merely ludicrous , or at most as an ...
And to tell you the truth ( which I take to be an argument above all the rest ) , Virgil
has told the same thing to that purpose . " This expression from a secretary of the
present time would be considered as merely ludicrous , or at most as an ...
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What he did not tell , cannot however now be known ; I must therefore
recommend the perusal of his work , to which my narration can be considered
only as a slender supplement . Cowley , like other poets who have written with
narrow views ...
What he did not tell , cannot however now be known ; I must therefore
recommend the perusal of his work , to which my narration can be considered
only as a slender supplement . Cowley , like other poets who have written with
narrow views ...
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We are told that Saul was troubled with an evil spirit ; from this , Cowley takes an
opportunity of describing hell , and telling the history of Lucifer , who was , he
says , Once general of a gilded host of sprites , Like Hesper leading forth the ...
We are told that Saul was troubled with an evil spirit ; from this , Cowley takes an
opportunity of describing hell , and telling the history of Lucifer , who was , he
says , Once general of a gilded host of sprites , Like Hesper leading forth the ...
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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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