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Page 444
But before the publication of his performance he recollected , that the Queen
allowed her garden and cave at Richmond to be shewn for money , and that she
so openly countenanced the practice , that she had bestowed the privilege of ...
But before the publication of his performance he recollected , that the Queen
allowed her garden and cave at Richmond to be shewn for money , and that she
so openly countenanced the practice , that she had bestowed the privilege of ...
Page 512
to the learned world , who complained that Pope having accepted and ap .
proved his performance , never testified any curiosty to see him , and who
professed to have forgotten the terms on which he worked . The terms which
Fenton uses are ...
to the learned world , who complained that Pope having accepted and ap .
proved his performance , never testified any curiosty to see him , and who
professed to have forgotten the terms on which he worked . The terms which
Fenton uses are ...
Page 657
His Poem on the “ Last Day , ” his first great performance , has an equability and
propriety , which he afterwards either never endeavoured or never attained .
Many paragraphs are noble , and few are mean , yet the whole is languid ; the
plan is ...
His Poem on the “ Last Day , ” his first great performance , has an equability and
propriety , which he afterwards either never endeavoured or never attained .
Many paragraphs are noble , and few are mean , yet the whole is languid ; the
plan is ...
Page 683
Attached to the Muses , he early courted public attention ; and in the year 1744
produced his first performance , entituled " : Fables for the Female Sex , ” which
was favourably received . In 1748 he undertook the defence of Mr . ( afterwards ...
Attached to the Muses , he early courted public attention ; and in the year 1744
produced his first performance , entituled " : Fables for the Female Sex , ” which
was favourably received . In 1748 he undertook the defence of Mr . ( afterwards ...
Page 695
... of the Fleet Prison . His first performance was “ The State Dunces , " inscribed
to Mr . Pape , in 1733 ; and in 1938 he published “ Manners , ” a satire , in which
some nobleman having been treated with very little respect , a complaint was ...
... of the Fleet Prison . His first performance was “ The State Dunces , " inscribed
to Mr . Pape , in 1733 ; and in 1938 he published “ Manners , ” a satire , in which
some nobleman having been treated with very little respect , a complaint was ...
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| Title | Lives Volume 1 of The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | A. Miller, 1800 |
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