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... Addison , Savage , and Swift 132. King Henry IV . ( Part 2 ) 133. Essays and Tales .. 134. Marmion 135. The Existence of God . 136. The Merry Wives of Windsor 137. The Schoolmaster ·· .. 138. Lives of Dion , Brutus , Artaxerxes , & c ...
... Addison , Savage , and Swift 132. King Henry IV . ( Part 2 ) 133. Essays and Tales .. 134. Marmion 135. The Existence of God . 136. The Merry Wives of Windsor 137. The Schoolmaster ·· .. 138. Lives of Dion , Brutus , Artaxerxes , & c ...
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... in the case of Blackmore the regard for the religious purpose of Blackmore's poem on " The Creation " gave to Johnson , as to Addison , an undue sense of its literary value . With his " Life of Pope , " which occupies INTRODUCTION. ...
... in the case of Blackmore the regard for the religious purpose of Blackmore's poem on " The Creation " gave to Johnson , as to Addison , an undue sense of its literary value . With his " Life of Pope , " which occupies INTRODUCTION. ...
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... Addison , who appears to have known the author either by conjecture or intelligence . The Tories , who were now in power , were in haste to end the war , and Prior , being recalled ( 1710 ) to his former employment of making treaties ...
... Addison , who appears to have known the author either by conjecture or intelligence . The Tories , who were now in power , were in haste to end the war , and Prior , being recalled ( 1710 ) to his former employment of making treaties ...
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... Addison him- self . This was surely said without consideration . Addison , exalted to a high place , was forced into degra- dation by the sense of his own incapacity ; Prior , who was employed by men very capable of estimating his value ...
... Addison him- self . This was surely said without consideration . Addison , exalted to a high place , was forced into degra- dation by the sense of his own incapacity ; Prior , who was employed by men very capable of estimating his value ...
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... Addison ( Spectator , 339 ) is too well known to be transcribed ; but some notice is due to the testimony of Dennis , who calls it a " philosophical poem , which has equalled that of ' Lucretius ' in the beauty of its versification ...
... Addison ( Spectator , 339 ) is too well known to be transcribed ; but some notice is due to the testimony of Dennis , who calls it a " philosophical poem , which has equalled that of ' Lucretius ' in the beauty of its versification ...
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