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492 ) , who says that this account came to him through Warburton from Pope . Parnell , ' Ruffhead writes , ' had talents for popular preaching , and began to be distinguished in the mob - places of Southwark and London .
492 ) , who says that this account came to him through Warburton from Pope . Parnell , ' Ruffhead writes , ' had talents for popular preaching , and began to be distinguished in the mob - places of Southwark and London .
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6 His first dramatick labour was The Old Batchelor ; of which he says , in his defence against Collier 3 , ' that comedy was written , as several know , some years before it was acted " . When I wrote it , I had little thoughts of the ...
6 His first dramatick labour was The Old Batchelor ; of which he says , in his defence against Collier 3 , ' that comedy was written , as several know , some years before it was acted " . When I wrote it , I had little thoughts of the ...
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He had been knighted by what he had to say against the George I in 1715. ) prisoner . He made poor Frank * Morality by her false guardians tremble and shake in his shoes . drawn , ( lawn , " Well , you fellow , " says my Lord , Chicane ...
He had been knighted by what he had to say against the George I in 1715. ) prisoner . He made poor Frank * Morality by her false guardians tremble and shake in his shoes . drawn , ( lawn , " Well , you fellow , " says my Lord , Chicane ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets: Smith-Savage Volume 2 of Lives of the English Poets, George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Octagon Books, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 8 Mar 2008 |
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