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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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... , SPRAT , HALIFAX , PARNELL , GARTH , Rowe , ADDISON , HUGHES , 1 i . 1 P. I 222 263 266 273 283 291 298 307 327 431 440 SHEFFIELD , DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM- SHIRE , BRITISH MUSEUM DRYDEN . Ο F the great poet whofe [ i ] -
... , SPRAT , HALIFAX , PARNELL , GARTH , Rowe , ADDISON , HUGHES , 1 i . 1 P. I 222 263 266 273 283 291 298 307 327 431 440 SHEFFIELD , DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM- SHIRE , BRITISH MUSEUM DRYDEN . Ο F the great poet whofe [ i ] -
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Samuel Johnson. DRYDEN . Ο F the great poet whofe life I am about to delineate , the curiofity which his reputation must excite , will require a dif play more ample than can now be given . His contemporaries , however they reverenced his ...
Samuel Johnson. DRYDEN . Ο F the great poet whofe life I am about to delineate , the curiofity which his reputation must excite , will require a dif play more ample than can now be given . His contemporaries , however they reverenced his ...
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... poet has made of the puftules firft rofebuds , and then gems ; at laft exalts them into stars and fays , No comet need foretell his change drew on , Whose corpfe might feem a conftellation . A At the university he does not appear to ...
... poet has made of the puftules firft rofebuds , and then gems ; at laft exalts them into stars and fays , No comet need foretell his change drew on , Whose corpfe might feem a conftellation . A At the university he does not appear to ...
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