Project Gutenberg 2004-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 392 Cary, Henry Francis 1772 1844 Cary, H. F. (Henry Francis) Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives Samuel Johnson -- John Armstrong -- Richard Jago -- Richard Owen Cambridge -- Tobias Smollett -- Thomas Warton -- Joseph Warton -- Christopher Anstey -- William Mason -- Oliver Goldsmith -- Erasmus Darwin -- William Julius Mickle -- James Beattie -- William Hayley -- Sir William Jones -- Thomas Chatterton -- Henry Kirke White. Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Carol David and PG Distributed Proofreaders "Lives of the English Poets" by Henry Francis Cary is a biographical compilation written in the mid-19th century. This work is designed as a continuation of Samuel Johnson's earlier lives of poets, focusing on notable English poets from Johnson's time up to Kirke White. The book explores the lives, influences, and contributions of these poets, offering insights into their characters and works. The beginning of "Lives of the English Poets" provides an overview of Samuel Johnson's life, detailing his upbringing, education, and the formative experiences that shaped him as a writer. It illustrates his struggles with poverty and health issues, his intellectual pursuits, and the various literary endeavors he embarked upon throughout his life. Cary sets the stage by chronicling Johnson's eccentricities and character traits, painting a vivid picture of the man behind the literary legacy, thus inviting readers into the world of one of England's greatest literary figures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 61.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Poets, English -- Biography PR Text Category: Biographies Category: British Literature 639450 2025-08-05T04:25:28.904636 text/html 639370 639264 2024-11-05T05:45:45.292916 2023-10-05T06:27:15.138388 text/html text/html 318756 2025-08-05T04:25:36.692614 application/epub+zip 327115 2025-08-05T04:25:30.785563 application/epub+zip 327116 2025-08-05T04:25:29.635585 application/epub+zip 543211 2025-08-05T04:25:41.317559 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 514627 2025-08-05T04:25:35.907550 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 500943 2022-09-05T09:04:32.403921 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 599128 2025-08-05T04:25:28.311604 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 579325 2024-10-28T17:58:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16903 2025-08-05T04:25:41.483536 application/rdf+xml 12054 2025-08-05T04:25:30.134610 image/jpeg 3122 2025-08-05T04:25:29.882578 image/jpeg 314568 2025-08-05T04:25:28.955628 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia