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Samuel Johnson. Sir Josh Reynolds pinx ! Thompson Sculp 1 SAM JOHNS ON L.L.D. THE LIVE S OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS ,. London . Publight as the Act directs June 178 .
Samuel Johnson. Sir Josh Reynolds pinx ! Thompson Sculp 1 SAM JOHNS ON L.L.D. THE LIVE S OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS ,. London . Publight as the Act directs June 178 .
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Samuel Johnson. THE LIVE S OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS , WITH CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR WORK S. By SAMUEL JOHNSON . A NEW EDITION , CORRECTED . IN FOUR VOLUMES . VOL . I. LONDON : Printed for J. Rivington & Sons , L. Davis , B ...
Samuel Johnson. THE LIVE S OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS , WITH CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR WORK S. By SAMUEL JOHNSON . A NEW EDITION , CORRECTED . IN FOUR VOLUMES . VOL . I. LONDON : Printed for J. Rivington & Sons , L. Davis , B ...
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... most he- terogeneous ideas are yoked by violence toge- ther ; nature and art are ranfacked for illu- ftrations , comparisons , and allufions ; their learning instructs , and their fubtility surpri- fes ; but the reader commonly thinks ...
... most he- terogeneous ideas are yoked by violence toge- ther ; nature and art are ranfacked for illu- ftrations , comparisons , and allufions ; their learning instructs , and their fubtility surpri- fes ; but the reader commonly thinks ...
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... most inconstant now ; Pardon me , madam , you mistake the man ; For I am not the fame that I was then ; No flesh is now the fame ' twas then in me , And that my mind is chang'd yourself may fee The fame thoughts to retain ftill , and ...
... most inconstant now ; Pardon me , madam , you mistake the man ; For I am not the fame that I was then ; No flesh is now the fame ' twas then in me , And that my mind is chang'd yourself may fee The fame thoughts to retain ftill , and ...
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... most hopeless thing of all . Hope , thou bold tafter of delight , [ it quite ! Who , whilft thou should'st but taste , devour'st Thou bring'ft us an eftate , yet leav'st us poor , By clogging it with legacies before ! The joys which we ...
... most hopeless thing of all . Hope , thou bold tafter of delight , [ it quite ! Who , whilft thou should'st but taste , devour'st Thou bring'ft us an eftate , yet leav'st us poor , By clogging it with legacies before ! The joys which we ...
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