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It appears , in all his writings , that he had the usual concomitant of great abilities , a lofty and steady con- fidence in himself , perhaps not without some contempt of others ; for scarcely any man ever wrote so much , and praised ...
It appears , in all his writings , that he had the usual concomitant of great abilities , a lofty and steady con- fidence in himself , perhaps not without some contempt of others ; for scarcely any man ever wrote so much , and praised ...
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It must have happened between 1707 , when he wrote to Pope ; and 1711 , when Pope praised him in his Essay . The epitaph makes him forty - six years old : if Wood's account be right , he died in 1709 .
It must have happened between 1707 , when he wrote to Pope ; and 1711 , when Pope praised him in his Essay . The epitaph makes him forty - six years old : if Wood's account be right , he died in 1709 .
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Here he wrote Mully of Mountown , a poem ; by which , though fanciful readers in the pride of sagacity have given it a political interpretation , was meant originally no more than it expressed , as it was dictated only by the author's ...
Here he wrote Mully of Mountown , a poem ; by which , though fanciful readers in the pride of sagacity have given it a political interpretation , was meant originally no more than it expressed , as it was dictated only by the author's ...
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| Title | Lives of The English Poets Volume I |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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