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John Hawkins , that , at the age of three years , he trod by accident upon one of a
brood of eleven ducks , and killed it , and upon that occasion made the following
verses : . : Here lies good master duck , Whom Samuel Johnson trod on ; If it ...
John Hawkins , that , at the age of three years , he trod by accident upon one of a
brood of eleven ducks , and killed it , and upon that occasion made the following
verses : . : Here lies good master duck , Whom Samuel Johnson trod on ; If it ...
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To apologize for his neglect , he gave in a short copy of verses , intituled
Somnium , containing a common I thought , “ that the ... he was asked by Mr . Jor1
den to translate - Pope ' s Meffiah into Latin hexameter verse , as a Christmas
exercise .
To apologize for his neglect , he gave in a short copy of verses , intituled
Somnium , containing a common I thought , “ that the ... he was asked by Mr . Jor1
den to translate - Pope ' s Meffiah into Latin hexameter verse , as a Christmas
exercise .
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When at Stourbridge school he was much enamoured of Olivia Llyod , a young
Quaker , to whom he wrote a copy of verses ; he conceived a tender passion for
Lucy Porter , whose mother he afterwards married , and whom he had frequent ...
When at Stourbridge school he was much enamoured of Olivia Llyod , a young
Quaker , to whom he wrote a copy of verses ; he conceived a tender passion for
Lucy Porter , whose mother he afterwards married , and whom he had frequent ...
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engaging easiness of manners . ” How highly he admired him for that knowledge
, which he himself so much cultivated , and what kindness he entertained for him ,
appears in the following verses in the Gentleman ' s Magazine for April 1738 .
engaging easiness of manners . ” How highly he admired him for that knowledge
, which he himself so much cultivated , and what kindness he entertained for him ,
appears in the following verses in the Gentleman ' s Magazine for April 1738 .
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Among our English poets , it is no unpleasant reflection to be able to find so many
elegant writers of Latin verse ; in the first rank of which , Johnson stands very high
. Jonson , Crashaw , Cowley , May , Milton , Marvel , Addison , Gray , Smart ...
Among our English poets , it is no unpleasant reflection to be able to find so many
elegant writers of Latin verse ; in the first rank of which , Johnson stands very high
. Jonson , Crashaw , Cowley , May , Milton , Marvel , Addison , Gray , Smart ...
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