The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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Pagina 2
... king ; but he soon resigned that charge , and retreated to Oxford , where , in 1643 , he published Cooper's Hill . This poem had such reputation as to excite the common artifice by which envy degrades excel- lence . A report was spread ...
... king ; but he soon resigned that charge , and retreated to Oxford , where , in 1643 , he published Cooper's Hill . This poem had such reputation as to excite the common artifice by which envy degrades excel- lence . A report was spread ...
Pagina 3
... king's condescen- sion he has given an account in the dedication of his works . He was , afterwards , employed in carrying on the king's correspondence ; and , as he says , discharged this office with great safety to the royalists : and ...
... king's condescen- sion he has given an account in the dedication of his works . He was , afterwards , employed in carrying on the king's correspondence ; and , as he says , discharged this office with great safety to the royalists : and ...
Pagina 4
... king's buildings , and dignified with the order of the Bath . He seems now to have learned some attention to money ; for Wood says , that he got by this place seven thousand pounds . After the restoration , he wrote the poem on Pru ...
... king's buildings , and dignified with the order of the Bath . He seems now to have learned some attention to money ; for Wood says , that he got by this place seven thousand pounds . After the restoration , he wrote the poem on Pru ...
Pagina 6
... kings , who , to secure their reign , Must have their brothers , sons , and kindred , slain . After Denham , Orrery , in one of his prologues , Poets are sultans , if they had their will ; For ev'ry author would his brother kill . And ...
... kings , who , to secure their reign , Must have their brothers , sons , and kindred , slain . After Denham , Orrery , in one of his prologues , Poets are sultans , if they had their will ; For ev'ry author would his brother kill . And ...
Pagina 13
... , John , the poet , and Christopher , who studied the law , and adhered , as the law taught him , to the king's party , for which he was awhile persecuted , but having , by his brother's interest , obtained per- 13 MILTON Doham.
... , John , the poet , and Christopher , who studied the law , and adhered , as the law taught him , to the king's party , for which he was awhile persecuted , but having , by his brother's interest , obtained per- 13 MILTON Doham.
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