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... poet , of whom Mr Warton , in his Obser- vations on Spenser's Fairy Queen , gave some account which Huggins attempted to answer with violence , and said , • I will militate no longer against his nescience . ' Huggins was master of the ...
... poet , of whom Mr Warton , in his Obser- vations on Spenser's Fairy Queen , gave some account which Huggins attempted to answer with violence , and said , • I will militate no longer against his nescience . ' Huggins was master of the ...
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... poet's extraordi- nary fancy , that the world was in its decay , and that his book was to be written in an age too late for heroick poesy , thus concludes : " However inferiour to the heroes who were born in better ages , he might still ...
... poet's extraordi- nary fancy , that the world was in its decay , and that his book was to be written in an age too late for heroick poesy , thus concludes : " However inferiour to the heroes who were born in better ages , he might still ...
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... poet's life , and then subjoining a critical examination of his genius and works . But when he began to write , the subject swelled in such a manner , that instead of prefaces to each poet , of no more than a few pages , as he had ...
... poet's life , and then subjoining a critical examination of his genius and works . But when he began to write , the subject swelled in such a manner , that instead of prefaces to each poet , of no more than a few pages , as he had ...
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... Poets , which drew forth the encomium of Johnson , the bargain was for two hundred guineas , and the booksellers spontaneously added a third hundred . On this occasion the great moralist observed to the writer of this article , ( Mr ...
... Poets , which drew forth the encomium of Johnson , the bargain was for two hundred guineas , and the booksellers spontaneously added a third hundred . On this occasion the great moralist observed to the writer of this article , ( Mr ...
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... Poets . By , etc. - The English Poets , biographically and critically considered , by Sam . Johnson . - Let Mr. Nichols take his choice , or make another to his mind . May , 1781. ” " You somehow forgot the advertisement for the new ...
... Poets . By , etc. - The English Poets , biographically and critically considered , by Sam . Johnson . - Let Mr. Nichols take his choice , or make another to his mind . May , 1781. ” " You somehow forgot the advertisement for the new ...
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