Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 113 pages |
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Samuel Johnson. PREFACES TO YOUNG , DYER , MALLET , SHENSTONE , AKEN SIDE , LYTTELTON , WEST , AND GRAY . VOL . X. 2 bB NEV YOUNG . HE following Life was written ,
Samuel Johnson. PREFACES TO YOUNG , DYER , MALLET , SHENSTONE , AKEN SIDE , LYTTELTON , WEST , AND GRAY . VOL . X. 2 bB NEV YOUNG . HE following Life was written ,
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... of the reigning " tafte by the fate of Dyer's Fleece ; for , " if that were ill - received , he should " not think it any longer reasonable to " expect fame from excellence . " MALLE T. F DAVID MALLET , having Ono no written 8 DYE R.
... of the reigning " tafte by the fate of Dyer's Fleece ; for , " if that were ill - received , he should " not think it any longer reasonable to " expect fame from excellence . " MALLE T. F DAVID MALLET , having Ono no written 8 DYE R.
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Samuel Johnson. MALLE T. F DAVID MALLET , having Ono no written memorial , I am able to give no other account than fuch as is fupplied by the unauthorised loquacity of common fame , and a very flight per- fonal knowledge . He was by his ...
Samuel Johnson. MALLE T. F DAVID MALLET , having Ono no written memorial , I am able to give no other account than fuch as is fupplied by the unauthorised loquacity of common fame , and a very flight per- fonal knowledge . He was by his ...
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... Mallet's William and Margaret was printed in Aaron Hill's Plain Dealer , No 36 , July 24 , 1724. In its original state it was very different from what it is in this Collection . A 2 cious cious view of fuch fcenes of Nature as his fancy ...
... Mallet's William and Margaret was printed in Aaron Hill's Plain Dealer , No 36 , July 24 , 1724. In its original state it was very different from what it is in this Collection . A 2 cious cious view of fuch fcenes of Nature as his fancy ...
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