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They had however then , perhaps , that grace of novelty , which they are now often supposed to want by those who , having already found them in later books , do not know or enquire who produced them first . This treatment is unjust .
They had however then , perhaps , that grace of novelty , which they are now often supposed to want by those who , having already found them in later books , do not know or enquire who produced them first . This treatment is unjust .
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For this employment he might be justly supposed qualified by long practice of business , and by his regular ascent through other offices ; but expectation is often disappointed ; it is universally confessed that he was unequal to the ...
For this employment he might be justly supposed qualified by long practice of business , and by his regular ascent through other offices ; but expectation is often disappointed ; it is universally confessed that he was unequal to the ...
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After the Queen's death , he became a constant opponent of the Court ; and , having no public business , is supposed to have amused himself by writing his two tragedies . He died February 24 , 1720-21 . He was thrice married ; by his ...
After the Queen's death , he became a constant opponent of the Court ; and , having no public business , is supposed to have amused himself by writing his two tragedies . He died February 24 , 1720-21 . He was thrice married ; by his ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volume 83 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1968 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2011 |
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