Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868 |
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS , WITH CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR WORKS . BY SAMUEL JOHNSON . WITH NOTES CORRECTIVE AND EXPLANATORI , BY PETER CUNNINGHAM , F. S. A. , AND A ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS , WITH CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR WORKS . BY SAMUEL JOHNSON . WITH NOTES CORRECTIVE AND EXPLANATORI , BY PETER CUNNINGHAM , F. S. A. , AND A ...
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... Johnson , as the most distinguished of his contemporaries , was solicited to undertake the task . Johnson was pleased with the offer , and undertook to write what he describes in a letter to Boswell as " little Lives and little Prefaces ...
... Johnson , as the most distinguished of his contemporaries , was solicited to undertake the task . Johnson was pleased with the offer , and undertook to write what he describes in a letter to Boswell as " little Lives and little Prefaces ...
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. 66 Johnson tells us , seemed not very extensive , or , as he had first written it , not very tedious or difficult . " My purpose , " he says , was only to have allotted to every ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. 66 Johnson tells us , seemed not very extensive , or , as he had first written it , not very tedious or difficult . " My purpose , " he says , was only to have allotted to every ...
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. down ; for who that has once experienced the civilities of Cambridge would not snatch the opportunity of another visit ? " I am , Sir , your most humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. down ; for who that has once experienced the civilities of Cambridge would not snatch the opportunity of another visit ? " I am , Sir , your most humble servant , " SAM . JOHNSON ...
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... Johnson's work may be said to consist . The secret of Johnson's excellence will be found in the knowledge of human life which his ' Lives ' exhibit ; in the many admirable reflections they contain , varying and illustrating the ...
... Johnson's work may be said to consist . The secret of Johnson's excellence will be found in the knowledge of human life which his ' Lives ' exhibit ; in the many admirable reflections they contain , varying and illustrating the ...
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