The lives of the English poets: in 2 vol, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1858 - 402 pages |
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... ENGLISH POETS BY SAMUEL JOHNSON . IN TWO VOLUMES . ― VOL . 1 . LEIPZIG : BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ . PARIS : C. REINWALD , 15 , RUE DES SAINTS PÈRES . PARIS : THE GALIGNANI LIBRARY , 224 , RUE DE RIVOLI , AND AT NICE , 15 , QUAI MASSENA . This ...
... ENGLISH POETS BY SAMUEL JOHNSON . IN TWO VOLUMES . ― VOL . 1 . LEIPZIG : BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ . PARIS : C. REINWALD , 15 , RUE DES SAINTS PÈRES . PARIS : THE GALIGNANI LIBRARY , 224 , RUE DE RIVOLI , AND AT NICE , 15 , QUAI MASSENA . This ...
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in 2 vol Samuel Johnson. COLLECTION OF BRITISH AUTHORS . VOL . CCCCXVIII . JOHNSON'S LIVES . IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . 1 . THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS ; BY SAMUEL JOHNSON.
in 2 vol Samuel Johnson. COLLECTION OF BRITISH AUTHORS . VOL . CCCCXVIII . JOHNSON'S LIVES . IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . 1 . THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS ; BY SAMUEL JOHNSON.
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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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... 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 Cowley and Milton be com- pared ( for May I hold to be superior to both ) , 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 Cowley and Milton be com- pared ( for May I hold to be superior to both ) , the ...
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