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... continued study , his pieces are commonly short , such as one fit of resolution would produce . His songs have no particular character : they tell , like other songs , in smooth and easy language , of 150 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... continued study , his pieces are commonly short , such as one fit of resolution would produce . His songs have no particular character : they tell , like other songs , in smooth and easy language , of 150 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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Samuel Johnson. after continued to reverence , he was in 1650 elected to one of the Westminster scholarships at Cambridge . Of his school performances has appeared only a poem on the death of Lord Hastings , composed with great ambition ...
Samuel Johnson. after continued to reverence , he was in 1650 elected to one of the Westminster scholarships at Cambridge . Of his school performances has appeared only a poem on the death of Lord Hastings , composed with great ambition ...
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... continued ; but now Milton is at last advanced to the highest place , and the passage thus ad- justed , Must above Tasso's lofty flights prevail , Succeed where Spenser , and ev'n Milton fail . Amendments are seldom made without some ...
... continued ; but now Milton is at last advanced to the highest place , and the passage thus ad- justed , Must above Tasso's lofty flights prevail , Succeed where Spenser , and ev'n Milton fail . Amendments are seldom made without some ...
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