"Heard enough to qualify him for an informer."

Life of Waller

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[DOVE's ENGLISH CLASSICS.]

THE

LIVES

OF

THE ENGLISH POETS:

BY

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL. D.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

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1826.