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The Author to be Let was first published in a single pamphlet , and afterwards inserted in a collection of pieces relating to the Dunciad , which were addressed by Mr. Savage to the Earl of Middlesex , in a Dedication which he was ...
The Author to be Let was first published in a single pamphlet , and afterwards inserted in a collection of pieces relating to the Dunciad , which were addressed by Mr. Savage to the Earl of Middlesex , in a Dedication which he was ...
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Many years afterwards [ 1728 ] Dennis published some remarks upon it , with very little force and with no effect ; for the opinion of the public was already settled , and it was no longer at the mercy of criticism .
Many years afterwards [ 1728 ] Dennis published some remarks upon it , with very little force and with no effect ; for the opinion of the public was already settled , and it was no longer at the mercy of criticism .
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He first courted the notice of the public by some verses to a Lady weeping , published in The Gentleman's Magazine . In 1740 he stood first in the list of the scholars to be received in succession at New College , but unhappily there ...
He first courted the notice of the public by some verses to a Lady weeping , published in The Gentleman's Magazine . In 1740 he stood first in the list of the scholars to be received in succession at New College , but unhappily there ...
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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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