The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volume 3C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Davies, T. Payne, L. Davis, W. Owen, B. White, S. Crowder, T. Caslon, T. Longman, B. Law, C. Dilly, J. Dodsley, J. Wilkie, J. Robson, J. Johnson, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, E. Newbery, T. Evans, P. Elmsly, R. Baldwin, G. Nicol, Leigh and Sotheby, J. Bew, N. Conant, W. Nicoll, J. Murray, S. Hayes, W. Fox, and J. Bowen., 1783 - English poetry |
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... POETS ; WITH CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR WORK K S. By SAMUEL JOHNSON . A NEW EDITION , CORRECTED . THE THIRD VOLUME , LONDON : PRINTED FOR C. BATHURST , J. BUCKLAND , W. STRAHAN , J.RIVING- TON AND SONS , T.DAVIES , T.PAYNE , L ...
... POETS ; WITH CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR WORK K S. By SAMUEL JOHNSON . A NEW EDITION , CORRECTED . THE THIRD VOLUME , LONDON : PRINTED FOR C. BATHURST , J. BUCKLAND , W. STRAHAN , J.RIVING- TON AND SONS , T.DAVIES , T.PAYNE , L ...
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... wrote the poem on the Deity , which ftands firft in his volume . It is the established practice of that College to fend every year to the earl of Exeter fome poems poems upon facred fubjects , in acknowledg- ment of a 2 PRIOR .
... wrote the poem on the Deity , which ftands firft in his volume . It is the established practice of that College to fend every year to the earl of Exeter fome poems poems upon facred fubjects , in acknowledg- ment of a 2 PRIOR .
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... delight in the increasing ho- nour of his country by an Epiftle to Boileau , He published , foon afterwards , a volume of poems , with the encomiaftic character of his deceased deceased patron the duke of Dorset : it began with 8 PRIO R.
... delight in the increasing ho- nour of his country by an Epiftle to Boileau , He published , foon afterwards , a volume of poems , with the encomiaftic character of his deceased deceased patron the duke of Dorset : it began with 8 PRIO R.
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... poets . " Soon after the duke of Shrewsbury went on a formal embaffy to Paris . It is related by Boyer , that the intention was to have joined Prior in the fame commiffion , but that Shrewsbury refused to be affociated with a man so ...
... poets . " Soon after the duke of Shrewsbury went on a formal embaffy to Paris . It is related by Boyer , that the intention was to have joined Prior in the fame commiffion , but that Shrewsbury refused to be affociated with a man so ...
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... Queen , in an imperfect poem , that he had no fervice of plate ; and it appeared , by the debts which he contracted , that his remit- tances were not punctually made . 15 On the first of August 1714 , ensued the 9 On 14 PRIO R.
... Queen , in an imperfect poem , that he had no fervice of plate ; and it appeared , by the debts which he contracted , that his remit- tances were not punctually made . 15 On the first of August 1714 , ensued the 9 On 14 PRIO R.
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Page 386 - Tale of a Tub has little resemblance to his other pieces. It exhibits a vehemence and rapidity of mind, a copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction, such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted. It is of a mode so distinct and peculiar that it must be considered by itself; what is true of that, is not true of any thing else which he has written.
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Page 186 - Richard, with an air of the utmost importance, to come very early to his house the next morning. Mr. Savage came as he had promised, found the chariot at the door, and Sir Richard waiting for him, and ready to go out. What was intended, and whither they were to go, Savage could not conjecture, and was not willing to...
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