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Edmund Smith : 'Thales; a monody, sacred to the memory of Dr. Pococke. In imitation of Spenser'

' [Johnson said] "Sir, you know the notion of confinement may be extended, as in the song, "Every island is a prison." There is, in Dodsley's 'Collection', a copy of verses to the authour of that song". Smith's Latin verses on Pococke, the great traveller, were mentioned. He repeated some of them, and said they were Smith's best verses.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson      Print: Unknown

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