The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. A 34.88 1585 128 84658 Joh نگار ADVERTISEMENT . THE booksellers having determined to publish a body.
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. A 34.88 1585 128 84658 Joh نگار ADVERTISEMENT . THE booksellers having determined to publish a body.
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... publish a body of English poetry , I was persuaded to promise them a preface to the works of each author ; an undertaking , as it was then presented to my mind , not very extensive or difficult . My purpose was only to have allotted to ...
... publish a body of English poetry , I was persuaded to promise them a preface to the works of each author ; an undertaking , as it was then presented to my mind , not very extensive or difficult . My purpose was only to have allotted to ...
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... published till he had been some time at Cambridge . This comedy is of the pastoral kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and therefore the time at which it was com- posed adds little to the wonders of Cowley's ...
... published till he had been some time at Cambridge . This comedy is of the pastoral kind , which requires no acquaintance with the living world , and therefore the time at which it was com- posed adds little to the wonders of Cowley's ...
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... published ; for he imagined , as he declared in his preface to a subsequent edition , that " poets are scarcely thought freemen of their company , without paying some duties , or obliging them- selves to be true to love . " This ...
... published ; for he imagined , as he declared in his preface to a subsequent edition , that " poets are scarcely thought freemen of their company , without paying some duties , or obliging them- selves to be true to love . " This ...
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... published by Brown . These letters , being written like those of other men , whose minds are more on things than words , contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they shew him to have been above the affectation of unseasonable ...
... published by Brown . These letters , being written like those of other men , whose minds are more on things than words , contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they shew him to have been above the affectation of unseasonable ...
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