Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Samuel Johnson. INTRODUCTION . JOHNSON'S " Lives of the Poets " were written to serve as Introductions to a trade edition of the works of poets whom the booksellers selected for republication . Some- times , therefore , they dealt ...
Samuel Johnson. INTRODUCTION . JOHNSON'S " Lives of the Poets " were written to serve as Introductions to a trade edition of the works of poets whom the booksellers selected for republication . Some- times , therefore , they dealt ...
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... claims which then gave rise to division of opinion . The Life of Savage is a noble piece of truth , although it rests on faith put in a fraud . Η . Μ . LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS . ADDISON . JOSEPH ADDISON 6 INTRODUCTION .
... claims which then gave rise to division of opinion . The Life of Savage is a noble piece of truth , although it rests on faith put in a fraud . Η . Μ . LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS . ADDISON . JOSEPH ADDISON 6 INTRODUCTION .
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Samuel Johnson. LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS . ADDISON . JOSEPH ADDISON was born on the 1st of May , 1672 , at Milston , of which his father , Lancelot Addison , was then rector , near Ambrosebury , in Wiltshire , and ... POETS. ...
Samuel Johnson. LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS . ADDISON . JOSEPH ADDISON was born on the 1st of May , 1672 , at Milston , of which his father , Lancelot Addison , was then rector , near Ambrosebury , in Wiltshire , and ... POETS. ...
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... much purpose of repayment ; but Addison , who seems to have had other notions of a hun- dred pounds , grew impatient of delay , and reclaimed his loan by an execution . Steele felt with great sensibility 8 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... much purpose of repayment ; but Addison , who seems to have had other notions of a hun- dred pounds , grew impatient of delay , and reclaimed his loan by an execution . Steele felt with great sensibility 8 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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