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... EDITION . VOL . 419 . THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS BY SAMUEL JOHNSON . IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . 2 . LEIPZIG : BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ . PARIS : C. REINWALD , 15 , RUE DES SAINTS PÈRES . 3915 COLLECTION OF BRITISH AUTHORS . VOL . CCCCXIX .
... EDITION . VOL . 419 . THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS BY SAMUEL JOHNSON . IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . 2 . LEIPZIG : BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ . PARIS : C. REINWALD , 15 , RUE DES SAINTS PÈRES . 3915 COLLECTION OF BRITISH AUTHORS . VOL . CCCCXIX .
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Samuel Johnson. COLLECTION OF BRITISH AUTHORS . VOL . CCCCXIX . JOHNSON'S LIVES . IN TWO VOLUME S. VOL . II . THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS ; BY SAMUEL JOHNSON.
Samuel Johnson. COLLECTION OF BRITISH AUTHORS . VOL . CCCCXIX . JOHNSON'S LIVES . IN TWO VOLUME S. VOL . II . THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS ; BY SAMUEL JOHNSON.
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... poetry . The death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a subject for all the writers ; perhaps no funeral was ever so ... English language , but fills a great part of the " Musæ Anglicana . ' " " Prior , who was both a poet and a courtier ...
... poetry . The death of Queen Mary ( in 1695 ) produced a subject for all the writers ; perhaps no funeral was ever so ... English language , but fills a great part of the " Musæ Anglicana . ' " " Prior , who was both a poet and a courtier ...
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... English Language , " then lately pub- lished . In the parliament that met in ... poems , with the encomiastic character of his deceased patron , the Duke of ... poetry . On this occasion 4 PRIOR . CONGREVE BLACKMORE FENTON GRANVILLE ...
... English Language , " then lately pub- lished . In the parliament that met in ... poems , with the encomiastic character of his deceased patron , the Duke of ... poetry . On this occasion 4 PRIOR . CONGREVE BLACKMORE FENTON GRANVILLE ...
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