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Page 49
... Absalom and Achitophel , which " he thinks a little hard upon his fanatic patrons " ; and charges him with borrowing the plan of his Arthur from the preface to Juvenal , " though he had , " says he , “ the baseness not to acknowledge ...
... Absalom and Achitophel , which " he thinks a little hard upon his fanatic patrons " ; and charges him with borrowing the plan of his Arthur from the preface to Juvenal , " though he had , " says he , “ the baseness not to acknowledge ...
Page 78
... Absalom and Achitophel is a work so well known that particular criticism is superfluous . If it be con- sidered as a poem political and controversial , it will be found to comprise all the excellences of which the subject is susceptible ...
... Absalom and Achitophel is a work so well known that particular criticism is superfluous . If it be con- sidered as a poem political and controversial , it will be found to comprise all the excellences of which the subject is susceptible ...
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... Absalom and Achitophel , but upon a narrower plan , gives less pleasure , though it discovers equal abilities in the writer . The superstructure cannot extend be- yond the foundation ; a single character or incident cannot furnish as ...
... Absalom and Achitophel , but upon a narrower plan , gives less pleasure , though it discovers equal abilities in the writer . The superstructure cannot extend be- yond the foundation ; a single character or incident cannot furnish as ...
Contents
From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 A Gateway Edition Volume 83 of The World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Gateway Editions, 1955 |
| Length | 400 pages |
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