Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 373 pages |
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... ENGLISH POET S. BY SAMUEL JOHNSON . VOLUME THE SEVENTH . LONDON : PRINTED BY J. NICHOLS ; FOR C. BATHURST , J. BUCKLAND , W.STRAHAN , J.RIVING- TON AND SONS , T. DAVIES , T. PAYNE , L. DAVIS , W. OWEN , B. WHITE , 5. CROWDER , T. CASLON ...
... ENGLISH POET S. BY SAMUEL JOHNSON . VOLUME THE SEVENTH . LONDON : PRINTED BY J. NICHOLS ; FOR C. BATHURST , J. BUCKLAND , W.STRAHAN , J.RIVING- TON AND SONS , T. DAVIES , T. PAYNE , L. DAVIS , W. OWEN , B. WHITE , 5. CROWDER , T. CASLON ...
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... English poetry owed much of its prefent beauty to his tranflations . Sandys very rarely attempted original compofition . From the care of Taverner , under whom his proficiency was confidérable , he was removed to a fchool at Twyford ...
... English poetry owed much of its prefent beauty to his tranflations . Sandys very rarely attempted original compofition . From the care of Taverner , under whom his proficiency was confidérable , he was removed to a fchool at Twyford ...
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