The Poetry of Samuel Johnson

Aspasia audience Bertrand Bronson better blank verse Boswell Papers Bronson Cave classical couplet Criticism death Demetrius diction discussed Dryden Edial Eighteenth Century English epigram essay example friends Garrick genre Gentleman's Magazine Gnothi Seauton Greek Hawkins Hector heroic couplet hopes Horace Horace's Human Wishes iambic Ibid idea imitation impromptu Irene Isle of Skye John Johnson wrote Johnson's poem Johnson's poetic Johnson's translation Johnsonian Miscellanies Joseph Warton Jude Juvenal Juvenal's Third language later Latin Latin verse learning Levet Lichfield Light on Dr lines literary Lives London lyric Mahomet Messiah mind moral numbers Oxford parodies passage pastoral play poem poem Johnson poet poetry political Pope Pope's praise Prayer probably prose prosody reason religious revision rhyme Samuel Johnson Satire X seems seen sense son's stanza Stourbridge Stourbridge School theme Thomas Warton thought Thrale tradition Vanity of Human versification Virgil virtue Walpole ministry Warton write written young