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... Prefaces , Biographical and Critical , by Samuel Johnson , LL.D. ( issued later separately as Lives of the Poets ) ... preface by Sir J. Simeon ( Bibliographical and Historical Miscellanies , vol . vi . ) , 1854 ; Letters , collected ...
... Prefaces , Biographical and Critical , by Samuel Johnson , LL.D. ( issued later separately as Lives of the Poets ) ... preface by Sir J. Simeon ( Bibliographical and Historical Miscellanies , vol . vi . ) , 1854 ; Letters , collected ...
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... preface to a collection of plays , had [ 1665 ] censured his opinion . Dryden vindicated himself [ 1667 ] in his Dialogue on Dramatic Poetry ; Howard , in his preface to the Duke of Lerma , animad- verted [ 1668 ] on the Vindication ...
... preface to a collection of plays , had [ 1665 ] censured his opinion . Dryden vindicated himself [ 1667 ] in his Dialogue on Dramatic Poetry ; Howard , in his preface to the Duke of Lerma , animad- verted [ 1668 ] on the Vindication ...
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... Preface . Esculapius , or the Hospital of Fools , published after his death . A Collection of Letters and Poems , amorous and gallant , was published in the volumes called Dryden's Miscellany , and some other occasional pieces . To his ...
... Preface . Esculapius , or the Hospital of Fools , published after his death . A Collection of Letters and Poems , amorous and gallant , was published in the volumes called Dryden's Miscellany , and some other occasional pieces . To his ...
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ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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