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Samuel Johnson. 6 z s L I THE Gal bd L V E S OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS , WITH CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR WORK S. By SAMUEL JOHNSON . A NEW EDITION , CORRECT E D. IN FOUR VOLUMES . VOL . II . 1 LONDON : Printed for J ...
Samuel Johnson. 6 z s L I THE Gal bd L V E S OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS , WITH CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR WORK S. By SAMUEL JOHNSON . A NEW EDITION , CORRECT E D. IN FOUR VOLUMES . VOL . II . 1 LONDON : Printed for J ...
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... poem on the death of Lord Haftings , compofed with great ambition of fuch con- ceits as , notwithstanding the reformation begun by Waller and Denham , the example of Cowley ftill kept in reputation . Lord Haftings died of the fmall ...
... poem on the death of Lord Haftings , compofed with great ambition of fuch con- ceits as , notwithstanding the reformation begun by Waller and Denham , the example of Cowley ftill kept in reputation . Lord Haftings died of the fmall ...
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... , changed his opinion , or his profeffion , and published ASTREA REDUX ; a poem on the happy Restoration and Return of his most facred · Majefty King Charles the Second . The The reproach of inconftancy was , on this occafion , 4 DRY DE N.
... , changed his opinion , or his profeffion , and published ASTREA REDUX ; a poem on the happy Restoration and Return of his most facred · Majefty King Charles the Second . The The reproach of inconftancy was , on this occafion , 4 DRY DE N.
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... poem on his reftoration . In the ASTREA was the line , An horrid ftillness first invades the ear , And in that filence we a tempeft fear- for which he was perfecuted with perpetual ridicule , perhaps with more than was de- served ...
... poem on his reftoration . In the ASTREA was the line , An horrid ftillness first invades the ear , And in that filence we a tempeft fear- for which he was perfecuted with perpetual ridicule , perhaps with more than was de- served ...
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... poets . The practice of making tragedies in rhyme was introduced foon after the Restoration , as it feems by the Earl of Orrery , in compli- ance with the opinion of Charles the Se- cond , who had formed his tafte by the French theatre ...
... poets . The practice of making tragedies in rhyme was introduced foon after the Restoration , as it feems by the Earl of Orrery , in compli- ance with the opinion of Charles the Se- cond , who had formed his tafte by the French theatre ...
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