Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Encyclopædia Britannica, 1955 - 618 pages |
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... poet whose name they boast , and from their alliance to whose genius , they claim some kind of superiority to every other nation of the earth ; that poet , whose works may possibly be read when every other monument of British greatness ...
... poet whose name they boast , and from their alliance to whose genius , they claim some kind of superiority to every other nation of the earth ; that poet , whose works may possibly be read when every other monument of British greatness ...
Page 346
... poet and a good critick , who thought Hamilton as true a poet as ever wrote , and that his not having fame was unaccountable . Johnson , upon repeated oc- casions , while I was at Ashbourne , talked slight- ingly of Hamilton . He said ...
... poet and a good critick , who thought Hamilton as true a poet as ever wrote , and that his not having fame was unaccountable . Johnson , upon repeated oc- casions , while I was at Ashbourne , talked slight- ingly of Hamilton . He said ...
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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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