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Samuel Johnson. COLLECTION OF BRITISH AUTHORS . VOL . CCCCXIX . JOHNSON'S LIVES . IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . II . 1 THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS ; BY SAMUEL.
Samuel Johnson. COLLECTION OF BRITISH AUTHORS . VOL . CCCCXIX . JOHNSON'S LIVES . IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . II . 1 THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS ; BY SAMUEL.
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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 Dorset ; it began with the College Exercise ... poetry . On this occasion 4 PRIOR .
... English Language , " then lately pub- lished . In the parliament that met in ... poems , with the encomiastic character of his deceased patron , the Duke of Dorset ; it began with the College Exercise ... poetry . On this occasion 4 PRIOR .
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... poetry . In the last war , when France was disgraced and overpowered in every quarter of the globe ; when Spain , coming to her assistance , only shared her calamities , and the name of an Englishman was reverenced through Europe , no poet ...
... poetry . In the last war , when France was disgraced and overpowered in every quarter of the globe ; when Spain , coming to her assistance , only shared her calamities , and the name of an Englishman was reverenced through Europe , no poet ...
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