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The dedication to this play is dated the year in which the Annus Mirabilis was
published. Here appears a strange inconsistency; but Langbaine affords some
help, by relating that the answer to Howard was not published in the first edition
of the ...
The dedication to this play is dated the year in which the Annus Mirabilis was
published. Here appears a strange inconsistency; but Langbaine affords some
help, by relating that the answer to Howard was not published in the first edition
of the ...
Page 369
He then wrote the Art of Love, a poem remarkable, notwithstanding its title, for
purity of sentiment ; and in 1 709 imitated Horace in an Art of Cookery, which he
published, with some letters to Dr. Lister. In 1 7 10 he appeared, as a lover of the
...
He then wrote the Art of Love, a poem remarkable, notwithstanding its title, for
purity of sentiment ; and in 1 709 imitated Horace in an Art of Cookery, which he
published, with some letters to Dr. Lister. In 1 7 10 he appeared, as a lover of the
...
Page 372
In the next year he published Observations on Sorbiere's Voyage into England, in
a Letter to Mr. Wren. This is a work not ill performed ; but perhaps rewarded with
at least its full proportion of praise. In 1668 he published Cowley's Latin poems, ...
In the next year he published Observations on Sorbiere's Voyage into England, in
a Letter to Mr. Wren. This is a work not ill performed ; but perhaps rewarded with
at least its full proportion of praise. In 1668 he published Cowley's Latin poems, ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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