Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh Samuel Johnson. said of their success , seem to have recommended him to some notice ; for his praise of the countess's musick , and his lines on the famous picture of Seneca , afford reason for imagining ...
With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh Samuel Johnson. said of their success , seem to have recommended him to some notice ; for his praise of the countess's musick , and his lines on the famous picture of Seneca , afford reason for imagining ...
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With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh Samuel Johnson. highest bidder was Bernard Lintot , who became proprietor on condition of supplying , at his own expence , all the copies which were to be delivered to subscribers , or presented to friends ...
With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh Samuel Johnson. highest bidder was Bernard Lintot , who became proprietor on condition of supplying , at his own expence , all the copies which were to be delivered to subscribers , or presented to friends ...
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With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh Samuel Johnson. His verses are formed by no certain model ; he is no more like himself in his different productions than he is like others . He seems never to have studied prosody , nor to have had any ...
With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh Samuel Johnson. His verses are formed by no certain model ; he is no more like himself in his different productions than he is like others . He seems never to have studied prosody , nor to have had any ...
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