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The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Page 59
1822
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Prior. Congreve. Blackmore ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 478 pages
...*' and that every man contributed, as he *' could, either improvement or correction; " fothat," faid Philips, " there are perhaps *' no where in the book thirty lines together, " that now ftand as they were originally ** written." The relation of Philips, I fuppofe, was true; but when all...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical ..., Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 474 pages
..." and that every man contributed, as he " could, either improvement or correction; " fo that," faid Philips, " there are perhaps " no where in the book thirty lines together, " that now fland as they were originally " written." The relation of Philips, I fuppofe, was true; but when all...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 444 pages
...ciated ; and that every man contributed, as he " could, either improvement or correction; fo that," faid Philips, " there are perhaps no where in the book " thirty lines together that now ftand as they were " originally written." The relation of Philips, I fuppofe, was true; but when all...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 6

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1797 - 440 pages
...aflbciates, and that every man contributed as he could, either improvement or correction ; fo that there are perhaps no where in the book thirty lines together that now Hand as they were originally written. AND A BAKER. ' God in the wildernefs his table fpread, And in...
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...contributed, as he could, either improvement or correction ; so that, " said Philips, " there are pei haps no where in the book thirty lines together, that now...I suppose, was true ; but when all reasonable, all iKiible allowance is made for this friendly revision, the author will stiil Etainan ample dividend...
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Lives of English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 536 pages
...and that every man contributed, as he tc could, either improvement or correction ; ib " that," faid Philips, " there are perhaps no where " in the book thirty lines together that now ftand as " they were originally written." \ The relation of Philips, I fuppofe, was true ; but when...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 424 pages
...and that every man contributed, as he *' could ยป either improvement or correction; fo " that," faid Philips, " there are perhaps no where " in the book thirty lines together that now ftand as " they were originally written." The relation of Philips, I fuppofe, was true ; but when all...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...could, either improve. " ment or correction ; so that, " said Philips, " there are perhaps no wheie " in the book thirty lines together, that now stand...friendly revision, the author will still retain an aniple dividend of praise ; for to him must always be assigned the plan of the work, the distribution...
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The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs ..., Volume 6

Alexander Pope - 1806 - 444 pages
...aflbciates, and that every man contributed' as he could, either improvement or correction ; fo that there are perhaps no where in the book thirty lines together that now ftand as they were originally written. AND A BAKER. b God in the wildcrnefs his table fpread, And in...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Imitations of Horace. Memoirs of the ...

Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 442 pages
...afTociates, and that every plan contributed as he could, either improvement or correction ; fo that there are perhaps no where in the book thirty lines together that now. ftand as they were originally written. WARTOJJ. V AND A BAKER. b God in the wildernefs his table fpread,...
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