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27628 THE 82 W87 WORK S W -1 OF THE ENGLISH POET S. 2.186549 WITH PREFACE S , BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL , BY SAMUEL JOHNSON . VOLUME THE NINETEENTH . LONDON : PRINTED BY J. RIVINGTONTA FOR C. BATHURST , J. BUCKLAND , W. STRAHAN ...
27628 THE 82 W87 WORK S W -1 OF THE ENGLISH POET S. 2.186549 WITH PREFACE S , BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL , BY SAMUEL JOHNSON . VOLUME THE NINETEENTH . LONDON : PRINTED BY J. RIVINGTONTA FOR C. BATHURST , J. BUCKLAND , W. STRAHAN ...
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... no dishonour to my try ; whofe language and poetry would be more esteemed abroad , if they were better understood . Somewhat ( give me leave to fay ) I have added to both of them , in the choice of words , and harmony of numbers ...
... no dishonour to my try ; whofe language and poetry would be more esteemed abroad , if they were better understood . Somewhat ( give me leave to fay ) I have added to both of them , in the choice of words , and harmony of numbers ...
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... who have not only distinguished me from others of the fame party , by a particular exception of grace , but , without confidering the man , have been bountiful to the poet : have encouraged Virgil to speak fuch English as I could ...
... who have not only distinguished me from others of the fame party , by a particular exception of grace , but , without confidering the man , have been bountiful to the poet : have encouraged Virgil to speak fuch English as I could ...
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... as any man of that light , when it was but just fhooting out , and beginning to travel upward to the meridian . I made my early addreffes to your Lordfhip , in my effay of Dramatic Poetry ; and therein bespoke in 102 DEDICATION .
... as any man of that light , when it was but just fhooting out , and beginning to travel upward to the meridian . I made my early addreffes to your Lordfhip , in my effay of Dramatic Poetry ; and therein bespoke in 102 DEDICATION .
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in my effay of Dramatic Poetry ; and therein bespoke you to the world , wherein I have the right of a firkt discoverer . When I was myself in the rudiments of my Poetry , without name or reputation in the world , having rather the ...
in my effay of Dramatic Poetry ; and therein bespoke you to the world , wherein I have the right of a firkt discoverer . When I was myself in the rudiments of my Poetry , without name or reputation in the world , having rather the ...
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets, Volume 11 |
| Author | John Dryden |
| Editors | Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres) |
| Publisher | J. Rivington, 1779 |
| Original from | the Complutense University of Madrid |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2009 |
| Length | 366 pages |
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