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Page 3
It was printed , with a dedication in verse , to Dr . Comber , master of the college ;
but , having neither the facility of a popular nor the accuracy of a learned work , it
seems to be now universally neglected . At the beginning of the civil war , as the ...
It was printed , with a dedication in verse , to Dr . Comber , master of the college ;
but , having neither the facility of a popular nor the accuracy of a learned work , it
seems to be now universally neglected . At the beginning of the civil war , as the ...
Page 7
Of the verses on Oliver ' s death , in which Wood ' s narrative seems to imply
something encomiastic , there has been no ... indeed , with verses intermixed ,
but such as certainly gained its author no friends among the abettors of
usurpation .
Of the verses on Oliver ' s death , in which Wood ' s narrative seems to imply
something encomiastic , there has been no ... indeed , with verses intermixed ,
but such as certainly gained its author no friends among the abettors of
usurpation .
Page 9
... notable folly : Writ verses unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful
Melancholy . " His vehement desire of retirement now came again upon him . “
Not finding , " says the morose Wood , “ that preferment conferred upon him
which ...
... notable folly : Writ verses unjustly in praise of Sam Tuke , Or printed his pitiful
Melancholy . " His vehement desire of retirement now came again upon him . “
Not finding , " says the morose Wood , “ that preferment conferred upon him
which ...
Page 11
The metaphysical poets were men of learning , and to shew their learning was
their whole endeavour : but , unluckily resolving to shew it in rhyme , instead of
writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the
trial of ...
The metaphysical poets were men of learning , and to shew their learning was
their whole endeavour : but , unluckily resolving to shew it in rhyme , instead of
writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the
trial of ...
Page 15
In the following verses we have an allusion to a Rabbinical opinion concerning
Manna : Variety I ask not : give me one To live perpetually upon . The person
Love does to us fit , Like manna , has the taste of all in it . Thus Donne shews his
...
In the following verses we have an allusion to a Rabbinical opinion concerning
Manna : Variety I ask not : give me one To live perpetually upon . The person
Love does to us fit , Like manna , has the taste of all in it . Thus Donne shews his
...
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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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