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... Lives of the Poets , " of which he gives this account : " Some time in March I finished the Lives of the Poets , ' which I wrote in my usual way , dilatorily and hastily , unwilling to work , and working with vigour and · haste . " In a ...
... Lives of the Poets , " of which he gives this account : " Some time in March I finished the Lives of the Poets , ' which I wrote in my usual way , dilatorily and hastily , unwilling to work , and working with vigour and · haste . " In a ...
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... lives and works of some of the most emi- nent English Poets . By , & c.- The English Poets , biographi- cally and critically considered , by SAM . JOHNSON .'- Let Mr. Nichols take his choice , or make another to his mind . May , 1781 ...
... lives and works of some of the most emi- nent English Poets . By , & c.- The English Poets , biographi- cally and critically considered , by SAM . JOHNSON .'- Let Mr. Nichols take his choice , or make another to his mind . May , 1781 ...
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... Lives of the Poets , " or attempt an analysis of their merits , which , were I able to do it , would take up too much room in this work ; yet I shall make a few observations upon some of them , and insert a few various readings . The ...
... Lives of the Poets , " or attempt an analysis of their merits , which , were I able to do it , would take up too much room in this work ; yet I shall make a few observations upon some of them , and insert a few various readings . The ...
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... Lives , that I do not recollect more than three uncommon or learned words : one , when giving an account of the approach of Waller's mortal disease , he says , " he found his legs grow tumid ; " by using the expression his legs swelled ...
... Lives , that I do not recollect more than three uncommon or learned words : one , when giving an account of the approach of Waller's mortal disease , he says , " he found his legs grow tumid ; " by using the expression his legs swelled ...
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... Lives , Mr. Malone , whose love of justice is equal to his accu- racy , made , in my hearing , the same remark to John- son ; yet he omitted to correct the erroneous state- ment . These particulars I mention , in the belief that there ...
... Lives , Mr. Malone , whose love of justice is equal to his accu- racy , made , in my hearing , the same remark to John- son ; yet he omitted to correct the erroneous state- ment . These particulars I mention , in the belief that there ...
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