The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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... by SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS HORATIO WALPOLE FRONTISPIECE From painting by SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS WILLIAM WINDHAM Facing page 96 From painting by SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS Facing page 224 F sir John Denham very little is known but what CONTENTS PAGE.
... by SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS HORATIO WALPOLE FRONTISPIECE From painting by SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS WILLIAM WINDHAM Facing page 96 From painting by SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS Facing page 224 F sir John Denham very little is known but what CONTENTS PAGE.
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Samuel Johnson. F sir John Denham very little is known but what is related of him by Wood , or by himself . He was born at Dublin , 1615 ; the only son of sir John Denham , of Little Horsley , in Essex , then chief baron of the exchequer ...
Samuel Johnson. F sir John Denham very little is known but what is related of him by Wood , or by himself . He was born at Dublin , 1615 ; the only son of sir John Denham , of Little Horsley , in Essex , then chief baron of the exchequer ...
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... known before . He was after that pricked for sheriff of Surrey , and made governour of Farnham castle for the king ; but he soon resigned that charge , and retreated to Oxford , where , in 1643 , he published Cooper's Hill . This poem ...
... known before . He was after that pricked for sheriff of Surrey , and made governour of Farnham castle for the king ; but he soon resigned that charge , and retreated to Oxford , where , in 1643 , he published Cooper's Hill . This poem ...
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... known . His poem on the death of Cowley was his last , and , among his shorter works , his best performance : the numbers are musical , and the thoughts are just . Cooper's Hill is the work that confers upon him the rank and dignity of ...
... known . His poem on the death of Cowley was his last , and , among his shorter works , his best performance : the numbers are musical , and the thoughts are just . Cooper's Hill is the work that confers upon him the rank and dignity of ...
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... known : O could I flow like thee , and make thy stream My great example , as it is my theme ! Though deep , yet clear ; though gentle , yet not dull ; Strong without rage , without o'erflowing full . The lines , are , in themselves ...
... known : O could I flow like thee , and make thy stream My great example , as it is my theme ! Though deep , yet clear ; though gentle , yet not dull ; Strong without rage , without o'erflowing full . The lines , are , in themselves ...
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