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Samuel Johnson. THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS ; BY SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL . D. NEO IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . II . BARCEL LEIPZIG BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ 1858 . ONES h.112394 . PRIOR CONGREVE . BLACKMORE FENTON GAY CONTENTS OF.
Samuel Johnson. THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS ; BY SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL . D. NEO IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . II . BARCEL LEIPZIG BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ 1858 . ONES h.112394 . PRIOR CONGREVE . BLACKMORE FENTON GAY CONTENTS OF.
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Samuel Johnson. PRIOR CONGREVE . BLACKMORE FENTON GAY CONTENTS OF VOLUME II . PAGE I 20 31 46 1242 52 GRANVILLE YALDEN TICKELL HAMMOND SOMERVILE SAVAGE SWIFT BROOME 61 68 76 222 72 15 79 81 162 193 POPE . 196 PITT 303 • THOMSON WATTS 305 ...
Samuel Johnson. PRIOR CONGREVE . BLACKMORE FENTON GAY CONTENTS OF VOLUME II . PAGE I 20 31 46 1242 52 GRANVILLE YALDEN TICKELL HAMMOND SOMERVILE SAVAGE SWIFT BROOME 61 68 76 222 72 15 79 81 162 193 POPE . 196 PITT 303 • THOMSON WATTS 305 ...
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... Fenton observes , he put an end to the species of writers that gave Advice to Painters . Not long after ( 1712 ) he published " Creation , " a philo- sophical poem , which has been by my recommendation inserted in the late collection ...
... Fenton observes , he put an end to the species of writers that gave Advice to Painters . Not long after ( 1712 ) he published " Creation , " a philo- sophical poem , which has been by my recommendation inserted in the late collection ...
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... structure's wrought , From one crude mass to such perfection brought ; That no part useless , none misplac'd we see , None are forgot , and more would monstrous be . FENTON . THE brevity with which I am to write BLACKMORE . 45.
... structure's wrought , From one crude mass to such perfection brought ; That no part useless , none misplac'd we see , None are forgot , and more would monstrous be . FENTON . THE brevity with which I am to write BLACKMORE . 45.
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