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... it must likewise be confessed , that few would have been exposed who received punctually 501. a year : a salary which , though by no means equal to the demands of vanity and luxury , is yet found sufficient to support families above ...
... it must likewise be confessed , that few would have been exposed who received punctually 501. a year : a salary which , though by no means equal to the demands of vanity and luxury , is yet found sufficient to support families above ...
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With those hopes he offered an English Iliad to subscribers , in six volumes in quarto , for six guineas ; a sum , according to the value of money at that time , by no means inconsiderable , and greater than I believe to have been ever ...
With those hopes he offered an English Iliad to subscribers , in six volumes in quarto , for six guineas ; a sum , according to the value of money at that time , by no means inconsiderable , and greater than I believe to have been ever ...
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was privately said , to mean the Duke of Chandos ; a man perhaps too much delighted with pomp and show , but of a ... but from the reproach which the attack on a character so amiable brought upon him , he tried all means of escaping .
was privately said , to mean the Duke of Chandos ; a man perhaps too much delighted with pomp and show , but of a ... but from the reproach which the attack on a character so amiable brought upon him , he tried all means of escaping .
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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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| 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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