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LIVES
OF THE
ENGLISH POETS.
MOST EMINENT
ENGLISH POETS,
WITH
CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR WORKS.
BY SAMUEL JOHNSON.
WITH NOTES CORRECTIVE AND EXPLANATORY,
BY PETER CUNNINGHAM, F.S.A.
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IN THREE VOLUMES.-VOL. II.
LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
1854.
The Proprietor of the Copyright of this Work reserves to himself the right of Translation in Foreign Countries.
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LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET, AND CHARING CROSS.
CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
JOHN POMFRET.-1667-1703.
Born at Luton in Bedfordshire
-Publishes 'The Choice-Marries - Death and Character.
Educated at Cambridge - Rector of Malden
EARL OF DORSET.-1637-8-1705-6.
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Birth and Parentage - Educated under a Private Tutor-Represents East
Grinstead in the Restoration Parliament His Early Dissipation - His
Valour and Gaiety-Writes a famous Ballad at Sea, To all you ladies now
at land'- Created Earl of Middlesex Succeeds his Father as Earl of
Dorset - Sides with the Prince of Orange against James II.—Twice Mar-
ried-His Patronage of Poets - Death at Bath, and Burial at Wythiam 7
GEORGE STEPNEY.-1663-1707.
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Born at Westminster — Educated at Cambridge — His Political Employments
--Death and Burial in Westminster Abbey-Works and Character
JOHN PHILIPS.-1676-1708.
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Born at Bampton in Oxfordshire-Educated at Winchester and Oxford-Pub-
lishes The Splendid Shilling,' 'Blenheim,' and 'Cider'- Burial in Hereford
Cathedral - Monument in Westminster Abbey-Works and Character. 21
WILLIAM WALSH.-1663-1707-8.
Born at Abberley in Worcestershire - Educated at Oxford - Dryden's high
Character of him-His early Encouragement- Buried at Abberley -
Works and Character
EDMUND SMITH.-1668-1710.
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Born at Handley in Worcestershire Educated at Westminster and Oxford-
His Character by Oldisworth - Excels in Latin Verse- His loose life and
slovenly habits - His Tragedy of 'Phædra and Hippolitus'— Buried at Hart-
ham in Wiltshire - Works and Character - Gilbert Walmsley .. 41
RICHARD DUKE.-1668?-1710-11.
Born at Westminster -- Educated at Cambridge-Friendship with Otway —
Contributes to Dryden's 'Ovid' and 'Juvenal'- Vicar of Witney-
Death
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