The Works of the English Poets, Том 20Samuel Johnson J. Nichols, 1779 |
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... to be a critic , by remembering you are a friend . To fay more , would be uneafy to you ; and to fay lefs , would be unjust in Your humble Servant . PRE- PREFACE . leisure in reflexion ; ftumble the ofteneft . DEDICATION .
... to be a critic , by remembering you are a friend . To fay more , would be uneafy to you ; and to fay lefs , would be unjust in Your humble Servant . PRE- PREFACE . leisure in reflexion ; ftumble the ofteneft . DEDICATION .
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Samuel Johnson. то MY FRIEND THE AUTHOR , DESIRING MY OPINION OF HIS POEM . ASK me not , friend , what I approve or blame ; Perhaps I know not why I like , or damn ; I can be pleas'd ; and I dare own I am . I read thee over with a ...
Samuel Johnson. то MY FRIEND THE AUTHOR , DESIRING MY OPINION OF HIS POEM . ASK me not , friend , what I approve or blame ; Perhaps I know not why I like , or damn ; I can be pleas'd ; and I dare own I am . I read thee over with a ...
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... friend .. CHR . CODRINGTON . } Dr. Gibbons . ΤΟ TO MY FRIEND DR . GARTH , THE AUTHOR OF [ 15 ]
... friend .. CHR . CODRINGTON . } Dr. Gibbons . ΤΟ TO MY FRIEND DR . GARTH , THE AUTHOR OF [ 15 ]
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Samuel Johnson. TO MY FRIEND DR . GARTH , THE AUTHOR OF THE DISPENSARY . To praise your healing art , would be in vain ; The health you give , prevents the poet's pen . Sufficiently confirm'd is ... FRIEND , UPON THE DISPENSARY . S [ 16 ]
Samuel Johnson. TO MY FRIEND DR . GARTH , THE AUTHOR OF THE DISPENSARY . To praise your healing art , would be in vain ; The health you give , prevents the poet's pen . Sufficiently confirm'd is ... FRIEND , UPON THE DISPENSARY . S [ 16 ]
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Samuel Johnson. As TO MY FRIEND , UPON THE DISPENSARY . S when the people of the northern zone Find the approach of the revolving fun , Pleas'd and reviv'd , they fee the new - born fight , And dread no more eternity of night : Thus we ...
Samuel Johnson. As TO MY FRIEND , UPON THE DISPENSARY . S when the people of the northern zone Find the approach of the revolving fun , Pleas'd and reviv'd , they fee the new - born fight , And dread no more eternity of night : Thus we ...
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