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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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... observation which could have had no pro- priety , had his poetical abilities been known before . He was after that pricked for sheriff of Surrey , and made governor of Farnham Caftle for the king ; but he foon refigned that charge , and ...
... observation which could have had no pro- priety , had his poetical abilities been known before . He was after that pricked for sheriff of Surrey , and made governor of Farnham Caftle for the king ; but he foon refigned that charge , and ...
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... observation . He faw Nature , as Dryden expreffes it , through the fpectacles of books ; and on most occasions calls learning to his affiftance . The garden of Eden brings to his mind the vale of Enna , where Proferpine was gathering ...
... observation . He faw Nature , as Dryden expreffes it , through the fpectacles of books ; and on most occasions calls learning to his affiftance . The garden of Eden brings to his mind the vale of Enna , where Proferpine was gathering ...
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