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He was now first regularly initiated in poetry by the perusal of Ogilby's Homer , and Sandys's Ovid . Ogilby's assistance he never repaid with any praise ; but of Sandys he declared in his notes to the Iliad , that English poetry owed ...
He was now first regularly initiated in poetry by the perusal of Ogilby's Homer , and Sandys's Ovid . Ogilby's assistance he never repaid with any praise ; but of Sandys he declared in his notes to the Iliad , that English poetry owed ...
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One of his favourite topics is contempt of his own poetry . For this , if it had been real , he would deserve no commendation ; and in this he was certainly not sincere , for his high value of himself was sufficiently observed ; and of ...
One of his favourite topics is contempt of his own poetry . For this , if it had been real , he would deserve no commendation ; and in this he was certainly not sincere , for his high value of himself was sufficiently observed ; and of ...
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APPENDIX " A " JOHNSON ON " EASY POETRY ” The Idler , No. 77 Saturday , October 6 , 1759 Easy poetry is universally admired ; but I know not whether any rule has yet been fixed , by which it may be decided when poetry can be properly ...
APPENDIX " A " JOHNSON ON " EASY POETRY ” The Idler , No. 77 Saturday , October 6 , 1759 Easy poetry is universally admired ; but I know not whether any rule has yet been fixed , by which it may be decided when poetry can be properly ...
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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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