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Page 12
I cannot but suspect Cowley of having consulted on this great occasion the
Virgilian lots * , and to have given some credit to the answer of his oracle . Some
* Consulting the Virgilian Lots , Sortes Virgilianr , is a method of Divination by the
...
I cannot but suspect Cowley of having consulted on this great occasion the
Virgilian lots * , and to have given some credit to the answer of his oracle . Some
* Consulting the Virgilian Lots , Sortes Virgilianr , is a method of Divination by the
...
Page 14
Soon after his return to London , he was seized by some messengers of the
usurping powers , who were sent out in quest of ano . ther man ; and being
examined , was put into confinement , from which he was not dismissed without
the ...
Soon after his return to London , he was seized by some messengers of the
usurping powers , who were sent out in quest of ano . ther man ; and being
examined , was put into confinement , from which he was not dismissed without
the ...
Page 230
When the morning comes , a morning gloomy with rain and wind , he walks into
the dark trackleis woods , falls asleep by some murmuring water , and with
melancholy enthufiasm expects some dream of prognostication , or some musick
...
When the morning comes , a morning gloomy with rain and wind , he walks into
the dark trackleis woods , falls asleep by some murmuring water , and with
melancholy enthufiasm expects some dream of prognostication , or some musick
...
Page 275
He was for some time , according to the author of his Life , .clerk to Mr. Jeffery's of
Earl's Croomb in Worcestershire , an eminent justice of the peace . In his service
he had not only leisure for study , but for recreation : his amusements were ...
He was for some time , according to the author of his Life , .clerk to Mr. Jeffery's of
Earl's Croomb in Worcestershire , an eminent justice of the peace . In his service
he had not only leisure for study , but for recreation : his amusements were ...
Page 447
13 ما “ It is altogether as equitable some account should be given of those who
have distin . guished themselves by their writings , as of those who are renowned
for great actions . It is but reasonable they , who contribute so much to the ...
13 ما “ It is altogether as equitable some account should be given of those who
have distin . guished themselves by their writings , as of those who are renowned
for great actions . It is but reasonable they , who contribute so much to the ...
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| Title | The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Volume 1 The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1790 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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