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Samuel Johnson. J. PHILIPS JOHN PHILIPS was born on the 30th of December , 1676 , at Bampton in Oxfordshire ; of which place his father Dr. Stephen Philips , archdeacon of Salop , was minister . The first part of his education was ...
Samuel Johnson. J. PHILIPS JOHN PHILIPS was born on the 30th of December , 1676 , at Bampton in Oxfordshire ; of which place his father Dr. Stephen Philips , archdeacon of Salop , was minister . The first part of his education was ...
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... PHILIPS Matre ipsius pientissimâ , Dilecti Filii Memoriae non sine Lacrymis dicatum . His Epitaph at Westminster : Herefordiae conduntur Ossa , Hoc in Delubro statuitur Imago , Britanniam omnem pervagatur Fama JOHANNIS PHILIPS : Qui ...
... PHILIPS Matre ipsius pientissimâ , Dilecti Filii Memoriae non sine Lacrymis dicatum . His Epitaph at Westminster : Herefordiae conduntur Ossa , Hoc in Delubro statuitur Imago , Britanniam omnem pervagatur Fama JOHANNIS PHILIPS : Qui ...
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... Philips , who make the ancients , and particularly Virgil , their standard . ' But , before I enter on this subject , I shall consider what is particular in the style of Philips , and examine what ought to be the style of heroick poetry ...
... Philips , who make the ancients , and particularly Virgil , their standard . ' But , before I enter on this subject , I shall consider what is particular in the style of Philips , and examine what ought to be the style of heroick poetry ...
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Lives of the English Poets: The Prior Congreve, Blackmore and Pope Samuel Johnson No preview available - 2003 |
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