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ing, with other poetical compositions, 'The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe
,' written when he was ten years old; and 'Constantia and Philetus,' written two
years after. While he was yet at school he produced a comedy called 'Love's ...
ing, with other poetical compositions, 'The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe
,' written when he was ten years old; and 'Constantia and Philetus,' written two
years after. While he was yet at school he produced a comedy called 'Love's ...
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The rants of Maximin have been always the sport of criticism; and were at length,
if his own confession may be trusted, the shame of the writer. Of this play he takes
care to let the reader know, that it was contrived and written in seven weeks.
The rants of Maximin have been always the sport of criticism; and were at length,
if his own confession may be trusted, the shame of the writer. Of this play he takes
care to let the reader know, that it was contrived and written in seven weeks.
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It was a temporary performance, written in the time of the Dutch war, to inflame
the nation against their enemies; to whom he hopes, as he declares, in his
Epilogue, to make his poetry not less destructive than that by which Tyrtaeus of
old ...
It was a temporary performance, written in the time of the Dutch war, to inflame
the nation against their enemies; to whom he hopes, as he declares, in his
Epilogue, to make his poetry not less destructive than that by which Tyrtaeus of
old ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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