The Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1858 - 4 pages |
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In Two Volumes Johnson. COLLECTION OF BRITISH AUTHORS . VOL . CCCCXVIII . JOHNSON'S LIVES . IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . I. THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS ; BY SAMUEL JOHNSON.
In Two Volumes Johnson. COLLECTION OF BRITISH AUTHORS . VOL . CCCCXVIII . JOHNSON'S LIVES . IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . I. THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS ; BY SAMUEL JOHNSON.
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In Two Volumes Johnson. VI CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. PAGE SPRAT 326 HALIFAX 330 PARNELL GARTH ROWE ADDISON HUGHES 334 337 341 350 394 SHEFFIELD 397 JOHNSON'S LIVES . VOL . I. COWLEY . THE Life.
In Two Volumes Johnson. VI CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. PAGE SPRAT 326 HALIFAX 330 PARNELL GARTH ROWE ADDISON HUGHES 334 337 341 350 394 SHEFFIELD 397 JOHNSON'S LIVES . VOL . I. COWLEY . THE Life.
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In Two Volumes Johnson. JOHNSON'S LIVES . VOL . I. COWLEY . THE Life of COWLEY , notwithstanding the penury of English biography , has been written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of language have ...
In Two Volumes Johnson. JOHNSON'S LIVES . VOL . I. COWLEY . THE Life of COWLEY , notwithstanding the penury of English biography , has been written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of language have ...
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In Two Volumes Johnson. He did not long enjoy the pleasure , or suffer the uneasi- ness , of solitude ; for he died at the Porchhouse in Chertsey , in 1667 , in the 49th year of his age . He was buried with great pomp near Chaucer and ...
In Two Volumes Johnson. He did not long enjoy the pleasure , or suffer the uneasi- ness , of solitude ; for he died at the Porchhouse in Chertsey , in 1667 , in the 49th year of his age . He was buried with great pomp near Chaucer and ...
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In Two Volumes Johnson. copied nature nor life ; neither painted the forms of matter , nor represented the operations of intellect . Those however who deny them to be poets , allow them to be wits . Dryden confesses of himself and his ...
In Two Volumes Johnson. copied nature nor life ; neither painted the forms of matter , nor represented the operations of intellect . Those however who deny them to be poets , allow them to be wits . Dryden confesses of himself and his ...
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