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Samuel Johnson. PRIOR · CONGREVE . BLACKMORE FENTON GAY GRANVILLE YALDEN TICKELL HAMMOND SOMERVILE SAVAGE SWIFT BROOME POPE PITT · THOMSON WATTS CONTENTS OF VOLUME II . PAGE 1 20 31 E 46 52 61 68 72 76 79 81 2 23 ཚཎྜ 162 193 196 303 305 • ...
Samuel Johnson. PRIOR · CONGREVE . BLACKMORE FENTON GAY GRANVILLE YALDEN TICKELL HAMMOND SOMERVILE SAVAGE SWIFT BROOME POPE PITT · THOMSON WATTS CONTENTS OF VOLUME II . PAGE 1 20 31 E 46 52 61 68 72 76 79 81 2 23 ཚཎྜ 162 193 196 303 305 • ...
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... brown Maid . " The battle of Ramillies soon afterwards ( in 1706 ) excited him to another effort of poetry . On this occasion 4 PRIOR . CONGREVE BLACKMORE FENTON GRANVILLE YALDEN TICKELL HAMMOND SOMERVILE SAVAGE SWIFT.
... brown Maid . " The battle of Ramillies soon afterwards ( in 1706 ) excited him to another effort of poetry . On this occasion 4 PRIOR . CONGREVE BLACKMORE FENTON GRANVILLE YALDEN TICKELL HAMMOND SOMERVILE SAVAGE SWIFT.
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... savage nature , in fastening upon the celebrated author , dwelling upon his imaginary defects , and passing over his conspicuous excellen- ces . He treats all writers upon the same impartial footing ; and is not , like the little ...
... savage nature , in fastening upon the celebrated author , dwelling upon his imaginary defects , and passing over his conspicuous excellen- ces . He treats all writers upon the same impartial footing ; and is not , like the little ...
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... the attractions of nature , cannot please long . One excellence of " The Splendid Shilling . " is , that it is short . Disguise can gratify no longer than it deceives . SAVAGE . It has been observed in all ages , 80 SOMERVILE .
... the attractions of nature , cannot please long . One excellence of " The Splendid Shilling . " is , that it is short . Disguise can gratify no longer than it deceives . SAVAGE . It has been observed in all ages , 80 SOMERVILE .
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... Savage , a man whose writings entitle him to an eminent rank in the classes of learning , and whose misfortunes claim a degree of compassion not always due to the unhappy , Johnson's Lives . II . 6 as they were often the consequences of ...
... Savage , a man whose writings entitle him to an eminent rank in the classes of learning , and whose misfortunes claim a degree of compassion not always due to the unhappy , Johnson's Lives . II . 6 as they were often the consequences of ...
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