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Page 166
To this play is prefixed a very vehement defence of dramatick rhyme , in
confutation of the preface to the Duke of Lerma , in which Sir Robert Howard had
censured it . , In 1667 he published Annus Mirabilis , the Year of Wonders , which
may be ...
To this play is prefixed a very vehement defence of dramatick rhyme , in
confutation of the preface to the Duke of Lerma , in which Sir Robert Howard had
censured it . , In 1667 he published Annus Mirabilis , the Year of Wonders , which
may be ...
Page 181
It is certain that in one year , 1678 * , he published All for Love , Assigration , two
parts of the Conquest of Granada , Sir Matin Marr - all , and the State of InBicence
, six complete plays ; with a celerity of performance , which , though all ...
It is certain that in one year , 1678 * , he published All for Love , Assigration , two
parts of the Conquest of Granada , Sir Matin Marr - all , and the State of InBicence
, six complete plays ; with a celerity of performance , which , though all ...
Page 262
In 1899 was published by him A Journey to London , after the method of Dr .
Martin Lister , who had published A Journey to Paris . And in 1700 he satirised
the Royal Society , at least Sir Hans Sloane their president , in two dialogues ,
intituled ...
In 1899 was published by him A Journey to London , after the method of Dr .
Martin Lister , who had published A Journey to Paris . And in 1700 he satirised
the Royal Society , at least Sir Hans Sloane their president , in two dialogues ,
intituled ...
Page 507
About this time he published the “ Temple of Fame , " which , as he tells Steele in
their correspondence , he had written two years before ; that is , when he was
only twenty - two years old , an early time of life for so much learning and so
much ...
About this time he published the “ Temple of Fame , " which , as he tells Steele in
their correspondence , he had written two years before ; that is , when he was
only twenty - two years old , an early time of life for so much learning and so
much ...
Page 699
In January 1749 , “ The « Vanity of Human Wishes , ” his second imitation of
Juvenal , was published . In February « Irene ” was acted at Drury - lane . In 1750
he began “ The Rambler , " which was continued until March 1752 . In that year
he ...
In January 1749 , “ The « Vanity of Human Wishes , ” his second imitation of
Juvenal , was published . In February « Irene ” was acted at Drury - lane . In 1750
he began “ The Rambler , " which was continued until March 1752 . In that year
he ...
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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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