The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Samuel Johnson. JOHNSON'S LIVES . VOL . II . PRIOR . MATTHEW PRIOR is one of those that has burst out from an obscure original to great eminence . He was born July 21 , 1664 , according to some , at Winburn , in Dorsetshire , of I know ...
Samuel Johnson. JOHNSON'S LIVES . VOL . II . PRIOR . MATTHEW PRIOR is one of those that has burst out from an obscure original to great eminence . He was born July 21 , 1664 , according to some , at Winburn , in Dorsetshire , of I know ...
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Samuel Johnson. He had now his liberty , but he had nothing else . What- ever the profit of his employments might have been , he had always spent it ; and at the age of fifty - three was , with all his abilities , in danger of penury ...
Samuel Johnson. He had now his liberty , but he had nothing else . What- ever the profit of his employments might have been , he had always spent it ; and at the age of fifty - three was , with all his abilities , in danger of penury ...
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Samuel Johnson. Hæc liberalis animi oblectamenta , Quam nullo Illi labore constiterint , Facile i perspexere quibus usus est Amici ; Apud quos Urbanitatum & Leporum plenus Cum ad rem , quæcunque forte inciderat , Aptè , variè ...
Samuel Johnson. Hæc liberalis animi oblectamenta , Quam nullo Illi labore constiterint , Facile i perspexere quibus usus est Amici ; Apud quos Urbanitatum & Leporum plenus Cum ad rem , quæcunque forte inciderat , Aptè , variè ...
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Samuel Johnson. nus , a poet now little known or read , though once the friend of Luther and Melancthon : De Sacerdote Furem consolante . Quidam ... Johnson's Lives . II . ses are original , but they are sometimes harsh : PRIOR . 17.
Samuel Johnson. nus , a poet now little known or read , though once the friend of Luther and Melancthon : De Sacerdote Furem consolante . Quidam ... Johnson's Lives . II . ses are original , but they are sometimes harsh : PRIOR . 17.
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