Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 251
... Preface a passage less repre- hensible . ' Some gentlemen have been disingenuous and unjust to me by wresting and forcing my meaning in the Preface to another book , as if I condemned and exposed all learning , though they knew I ...
... Preface a passage less repre- hensible . ' Some gentlemen have been disingenuous and unjust to me by wresting and forcing my meaning in the Preface to another book , as if I condemned and exposed all learning , though they knew I ...
Page 328
... Preface to Savage's Miscellanies [ Works , Preface , p . 26 ] . JOHNSON . in In the last note Johnson calls this piece Savage's Miscellany . For the proper title see post , SAVAGE , 60 n . The first edition , published in 1726 , does ...
... Preface to Savage's Miscellanies [ Works , Preface , p . 26 ] . JOHNSON . in In the last note Johnson calls this piece Savage's Miscellany . For the proper title see post , SAVAGE , 60 n . The first edition , published in 1726 , does ...
Page 343
... Preface , in which he gives an 62 account of his mother's cruelty in a very uncommon strain of humour , and with a gaiety of imagination which the success of his subscription probably produced 1 . The Dedication is addressed to the Lady ...
... Preface , in which he gives an 62 account of his mother's cruelty in a very uncommon strain of humour , and with a gaiety of imagination which the success of his subscription probably produced 1 . The Dedication is addressed to the Lady ...
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