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The Booksellers having determined 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 ...
The Booksellers having determined 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 ...
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In the year 16*47, his " Mistress" was published; for he imagined, as he declared
in his preface to a subsequent edition, that " Poets are scarcely thought freemen
of. * In the first edition of this Life, Dr. Johnson wrote, " which was never inserted ...
In the year 16*47, his " Mistress" was published; for he imagined, as he declared
in his preface to a subsequent edition, that " Poets are scarcely thought freemen
of. * In the first edition of this Life, Dr. Johnson wrote, " which was never inserted ...
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This year he published his Poems, with a preface, in which he seems to have
inserted something suppressed in subsequent editions, which was interpreted to
denote some relaxation of his loyalty. In this preface he declares, that " his desire
...
This year he published his Poems, with a preface, in which he seems to have
inserted something suppressed in subsequent editions, which was interpreted to
denote some relaxation of his loyalty. In this preface he declares, that " his desire
...
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From the charge of disaffection he exculpates himself in his preface, by observing
how unlikely it is that, having followed the royal family through all their distresses,
"he should chuse the "time of their restoration to begin a quarrel with "them.
From the charge of disaffection he exculpates himself in his preface, by observing
how unlikely it is that, having followed the royal family through all their distresses,
"he should chuse the "time of their restoration to begin a quarrel with "them.
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266, that Milton's " Thesaurus" came to his hands ; and it is asserted in the
preface thereto, that the editors thereof had the use of three large folios in
manuscript, collected and digested into alphabetical order by Mr. John Milton. It
has been ...
266, that Milton's " Thesaurus" came to his hands ; and it is asserted in the
preface thereto, that the editors thereof had the use of three large folios in
manuscript, collected and digested into alphabetical order by Mr. John Milton. It
has been ...
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