Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... Boswell's Johnson , ii . 187 . 5 It was the same Peter Foulkes who , with John Freind , edited the De Corona and In Ctesiphontem in 1696 . Burton's Genuineness , & c . , p . 41 . 1 lb. p . 42. [ A writer who signs himself Philalethes ...
... Boswell's Johnson , ii . 187 . 5 It was the same Peter Foulkes who , with John Freind , edited the De Corona and In Ctesiphontem in 1696 . Burton's Genuineness , & c . , p . 41 . 1 lb. p . 42. [ A writer who signs himself Philalethes ...
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... Johnson , in The Idler , No. 60 , makes Dick Minim , the critic , often lament the neglect of Phaedra and Hippolitus ... Boswell's Johnson , iii . 229 . Johnson quotes the play in his Dictionary , under Startle . See N. & Q . 1 S. xi ...
... Johnson , in The Idler , No. 60 , makes Dick Minim , the critic , often lament the neglect of Phaedra and Hippolitus ... Boswell's Johnson , iii . 229 . Johnson quotes the play in his Dictionary , under Startle . See N. & Q . 1 S. xi ...
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... Johnson's was Works , 1787 , ii . 471 . For Savage's scarlet cloak and ' naked toes peeping through his shoes ' see ... Boswell's Johnson , i . 81 , 102 . 3 4 never received my notions with contempt . He was a 20 EDMUND SMITH.
... Johnson's was Works , 1787 , ii . 471 . For Savage's scarlet cloak and ' naked toes peeping through his shoes ' see ... Boswell's Johnson , i . 81 , 102 . 3 4 never received my notions with contempt . He was a 20 EDMUND SMITH.
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... Boswell's Johnson , i . 159. The in- ventor of Dr. James's Powder . Ib . iii . 4 . 21 presumed to animadvert on his eulogy on Garrick , in his Lives of the Poets . You say , Sir , his death eclipsed the gaiety of nations . " JOHNSON ...
... Boswell's Johnson , i . 159. The in- ventor of Dr. James's Powder . Ib . iii . 4 . 21 presumed to animadvert on his eulogy on Garrick , in his Lives of the Poets . You say , Sir , his death eclipsed the gaiety of nations . " JOHNSON ...
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... Johnson's chief authorities are Wood's Ath . Oxon . ( iv . 666 ) , [ Bio- graphia Britannica ] , and The Re- mains ... Boswell's Johnson , iv . 171 , 204 . Candidates for all degrees who possess certain property must go out , as it is ...
... Johnson's chief authorities are Wood's Ath . Oxon . ( iv . 666 ) , [ Bio- graphia Britannica ] , and The Re- mains ... Boswell's Johnson , iv . 171 , 204 . Candidates for all degrees who possess certain property must go out , as it is ...
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