Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 406
... Tatler was published April 22 ( 1709 ) , and Addison's contribution appeared May 26. Tickell observes , that the Tatler began and was concluded without his concurrence . This is doubtless literally true ; but the work did not suffer ...
... Tatler was published April 22 ( 1709 ) , and Addison's contribution appeared May 26. Tickell observes , that the Tatler began and was concluded without his concurrence . This is doubtless literally true ; but the work did not suffer ...
Page 407
... Tatler and Spectator , if the writers for the theatre are excepted , England had no masters of common life . No writers had yet undertaken to reform either the savageness of neglect , or the impertinence of civility ; to shew when to ...
... Tatler and Spectator , if the writers for the theatre are excepted , England had no masters of common life . No writers had yet undertaken to reform either the savageness of neglect , or the impertinence of civility ; to shew when to ...
Page 408
... Tatler and Spectator had the same tendency : they were published at a time when two parties , loud , restless , and violent , each with plausible declarations , and each perhaps with- out any distinct termination of its views , were ...
... Tatler and Spectator had the same tendency : they were published at a time when two parties , loud , restless , and violent , each with plausible declarations , and each perhaps with- out any distinct termination of its views , were ...
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