Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... write his Lives of the English 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 that the bargain was ...
... write his Lives of the English 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 that the bargain was ...
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... write the series of prefatory Lives , and name his own terms . Johnson agreed at once , and suggested as his price ... writes Boswell , " if he would 6 INTRODUCTION .
... write the series of prefatory Lives , and name his own terms . Johnson agreed at once , and suggested as his price ... writes Boswell , " if he would 6 INTRODUCTION .
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... 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 his work was done , Johnson then being in his seventy - second year , the ...
... 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 his work was done , Johnson then being in his seventy - second year , the ...
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... writer of the Life prefixed to his Works , who seems to have been well informed of facts , though he may sometimes err in chronology , has delivered as in- dubitably certain : " He found Dr. Andrews , Bishop of Winchester , and Dr ...
... writer of the Life prefixed to his Works , who seems to have been well informed of facts , though he may sometimes err in chronology , has delivered as in- dubitably certain : " He found Dr. Andrews , Bishop of Winchester , and Dr ...
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... write such verses upon her ; " When you are as young , Madam , " said he , " and as handsome as you were then . " In this part of his life it was that he was known to Clarendon , among the rest of the men who were eminent in that age ...
... write such verses upon her ; " When you are as young , Madam , " said he , " and as handsome as you were then . " In this part of his life it was that he was known to Clarendon , among the rest of the men who were eminent in that age ...
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