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Learning (young virgin) but few suitors knew; The common prostitute she lately
grew, And with the spurious brood loads now the press; Laborious effects of
idleness. As the 'Davideis' affords only four books, though intended to consist of ...
Learning (young virgin) but few suitors knew; The common prostitute she lately
grew, And with the spurious brood loads now the press; Laborious effects of
idleness. As the 'Davideis' affords only four books, though intended to consist of ...
Page 363
He had mingled with the gay world, without exemption from its vices or its follies,
but had never neglected the cultivation of his mind ; his belief of Revelation was
unshaken ; his learning preserved his principles ; he grew first regular, and then ...
He had mingled with the gay world, without exemption from its vices or its follies,
but had never neglected the cultivation of his mind ; his belief of Revelation was
unshaken ; his learning preserved his principles ; he grew first regular, and then ...
Page 402
prefixed to the several books of Dryden's Virgil; and produced an Essay on the
Georgicks, juvenile, superficial, and uninstructive, without much either of the
scholar's learning or the critick's penetration. His next paper of verses contained
a ...
prefixed to the several books of Dryden's Virgil; and produced an Essay on the
Georgicks, juvenile, superficial, and uninstructive, without much either of the
scholar's learning or the critick's penetration. His next paper of verses contained
a ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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