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“ It was not a little unfortunate for me that I spent yesterday's evening with you , because the hour hindered me from entering on my new lodging ; however , I have now got one , but such an one as I believe nobody would choose .
“ It was not a little unfortunate for me that I spent yesterday's evening with you , because the hour hindered me from entering on my new lodging ; however , I have now got one , but such an one as I believe nobody would choose .
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There was reason to believe that Pope's attempt would be successful . He was in the full bloom of reputation , and was personally known to almost all whom dignity of employment or splendour of reputation had made eminent ; he conversed ...
There was reason to believe that Pope's attempt would be successful . He was in the full bloom of reputation , and was personally known to almost all whom dignity of employment or splendour of reputation had made eminent ; he conversed ...
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and that he is unjustly charged with making knowledge his sole reason of preference , as he paid his esteem to none whom he did not likewise believe to be good . What has occurred to me from the slight inspection of his letters in which ...
and that he is unjustly charged with making knowledge his sole reason of preference , as he paid his esteem to none whom he did not likewise believe to be good . What has occurred to me from the slight inspection of his letters in which ...
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Contents
Introduction | 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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