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... usurpation , changed his opinion , or his profession , and published ASTREA
Redux ; a poem on the happy Restoration and Return of his mot facred Majesty
King Charles the Second . The The reproach of inconstancy was , on this
occasion ...
... usurpation , changed his opinion , or his profession , and published ASTREA
Redux ; a poem on the happy Restoration and Return of his mot facred Majesty
King Charles the Second . The The reproach of inconstancy was , on this
occasion ...
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Azaria and Hufhai was , as IVood says , imputed to him , though it is somewhat
unlikely that he should write twice on the fame occasion . This is a difficulty which
I cannot remove , for want of a minuter knowledge of poetical transactions .
Azaria and Hufhai was , as IVood says , imputed to him , though it is somewhat
unlikely that he should write twice on the fame occasion . This is a difficulty which
I cannot remove , for want of a minuter knowledge of poetical transactions .
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The version of Xavier's Life is commended by Brown , in a pamphlet not written to
flatter ; and the occasion of it is said to have been , that the Queen , when the
solicited a son , made vows to him as her tutelary saint . He was supposed to
have ...
The version of Xavier's Life is commended by Brown , in a pamphlet not written to
flatter ; and the occasion of it is said to have been , that the Queen , when the
solicited a son , made vows to him as her tutelary saint . He was supposed to
have ...
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... of • Shakípeare's passions is more from the excellency of the words and
thoughts , than “ the justness of the occasion ; and , if he " has been able to pick
fingle occasions , he “ has never founded the whole reasonably : yet , by the
genius of ...
... of • Shakípeare's passions is more from the excellency of the words and
thoughts , than “ the justness of the occasion ; and , if he " has been able to pick
fingle occasions , he “ has never founded the whole reasonably : yet , by the
genius of ...
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Now , - since the love of one's country is the love - of one's countrymen , as I have
hewn upon 66 another occasion , I desire to ak these ques66 tions : Of all our
countrymen , which do 56 we love most , those whom we knorr , or 66 those
whom ...
Now , - since the love of one's country is the love - of one's countrymen , as I have
hewn upon 66 another occasion , I desire to ak these ques66 tions : Of all our
countrymen , which do 56 we love most , those whom we knorr , or 66 those
whom ...
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| Title | The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Volume 2 The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1750 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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