The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 6F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... 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 every Poet an ...
... 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 every Poet an ...
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Samuel Johnson. CONTENTS OF THE SIXTH VOLUME . THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS . COWLEY Cpp Page DENHAM MILTON BUTLER IL 72 L 841 99 pp . 183 ११ ROCHESTER 201 ROSCOMMON 211 OTWAY 223 WALLER 229 POMFRET 285 DORSET 287 STEPNEY 291 J ...
Samuel Johnson. CONTENTS OF THE SIXTH VOLUME . THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS . COWLEY Cpp Page DENHAM MILTON BUTLER IL 72 L 841 99 pp . 183 ११ ROCHESTER 201 ROSCOMMON 211 OTWAY 223 WALLER 229 POMFRET 285 DORSET 287 STEPNEY 291 J ...
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... English biography , has been written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has ...
... English biography , has been written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has ...
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... English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be said " to lisp in numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of lan- guage , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seem scarcely credible ...
... English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be said " to lisp in numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of lan- guage , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seem scarcely credible ...
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... English , till their works and May's Poem ap- peared * , seemed unable to contest the palm with any other of the lettered nations . If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared ( for May I hold to be superior to both ) ...
... English , till their works and May's Poem ap- peared * , seemed unable to contest the palm with any other of the lettered nations . If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared ( for May I hold to be superior to both ) ...
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