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... English poetry and elegant literature ' ; he had seen James Thomson at the theatre , watching a performance of one ... English criticism one of its greatest masterpieces . December 1973 JOHN WAIN SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY EDITIONS The Works of ...
... English poetry and elegant literature ' ; he had seen James Thomson at the theatre , watching a performance of one ... English criticism one of its greatest masterpieces . December 1973 JOHN WAIN SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY EDITIONS The Works of ...
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... English Poets , with Prefaces , Biographical and Critical , by Samuel Johnson , LL.D. ( 1779-81 ) , issued later separately as Lives of the most Eminent English Poets ( 1781 , 1783 ) ; Lives of the English Poets , ed . G. B. Hill ( 1905 ...
... English Poets , with Prefaces , Biographical and Critical , by Samuel Johnson , LL.D. ( 1779-81 ) , issued later separately as Lives of the most Eminent English Poets ( 1781 , 1783 ) ; Lives of the English Poets , ed . G. B. Hill ( 1905 ...
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... English generation must mention with reverence as a critic and a poet . Dryden may be properly considered as the father of English criticism , as the writer who first taught us to determine upon principles the merit of composition . Of ...
... English generation must mention with reverence as a critic and a poet . Dryden may be properly considered as the father of English criticism , as the writer who first taught us to determine upon principles the merit of composition . Of ...
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