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Page 141
In forming the character of Hudibras , and describing is person and habiliments , the author seems to labour with a tumultuous confusion of dissimilar ideas . He had ead the history of the mock knights - errant ; he knew the otions and ...
In forming the character of Hudibras , and describing is person and habiliments , the author seems to labour with a tumultuous confusion of dissimilar ideas . He had ead the history of the mock knights - errant ; he knew the otions and ...
Page 271
He prefixed a very ample preface in the form of a dedication to lord Dorset ; and there gives an account of the design which he had once formed to write an epick poem on the actions either of Arthur or the Black Prince .
He prefixed a very ample preface in the form of a dedication to lord Dorset ; and there gives an account of the design which he had once formed to write an epick poem on the actions either of Arthur or the Black Prince .
Page 387
... an edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses , translated by several hands ; which he recomW mended by a Preface , written with more ostentation than ability : his notions are half - formed , and his materials immethodically confused .
... an edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses , translated by several hands ; which he recomW mended by a Preface , written with more ostentation than ability : his notions are half - formed , and his materials immethodically confused .
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volume 83 of Oxford world's classics Volumes 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Contributor | Arthur Waugh |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1906 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 493 pages |
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