Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Samuel Johnson. LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS Waller Milton Cowley 5 2 1 9 ( New Series ) LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS Waller.
Samuel Johnson. LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS Waller Milton Cowley 5 2 1 9 ( New Series ) LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS Waller.
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... Poets . " " I am engaged , " he said , " to write little Lives , and little Prefaces , to a little edition of the English Poets . " His conscience was also a little hurt by the fact ... Poets . In Poets who had 253049 ROSENBERG LIBRARY ...
... Poets . " " I am engaged , " he said , " to write little Lives , and little Prefaces , to a little edition of the English Poets . " His conscience was also a little hurt by the fact ... Poets . In Poets who had 253049 ROSENBERG LIBRARY ...
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Samuel Johnson. right in the various Poets . In Poets who had died before 1660 they had no trade interest at all . About forty of the most respectable booksellers in London accepted the invitation to this meeting . They deter- mined to ...
Samuel Johnson. right in the various Poets . In Poets who had died before 1660 they had no trade interest at all . About forty of the most respectable booksellers in London accepted the invitation to this meeting . They deter- mined to ...
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... Poets . " The completion followed in 1781 . " Some- time in March , " Johnson writes in that year , " I finished the Lives of the Poets . " The series of books to which they actually served as prefaces extended to sixty volumes . When ...
... Poets . " The completion followed in 1781 . " Some- time in March , " Johnson writes in that year , " I finished the Lives of the Poets . " The series of books to which they actually served as prefaces extended to sixty volumes . When ...
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Samuel Johnson. LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS . WALLER . EDMUND WALLER was born on the third of March , 1605 , at Coleshill , in Hertfordshire . His father was Robert Waller , Esquire , of Agmondesham , in Buckinghamshire , whose ... POETS. ...
Samuel Johnson. LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS . WALLER . EDMUND WALLER was born on the third of March , 1605 , at Coleshill , in Hertfordshire . His father was Robert Waller , Esquire , of Agmondesham , in Buckinghamshire , whose ... POETS. ...
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