Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill. himself with the Whigs , whether because they were in power , or because the Tories had expelled him , or because he was a Whig by principle , may perhaps be doubted . He was , however ...
Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill. himself with the Whigs , whether because they were in power , or because the Tories had expelled him , or because he was a Whig by principle , may perhaps be doubted . He was , however ...
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... Whig Examiners ; for on no occasion was the genius of Addison more vigorously exerted , and on none did the superiority of his powers more evidently appear . His Trial of Count Tariff , written to expose the Treaty of Commerce with ...
... Whig Examiners ; for on no occasion was the genius of Addison more vigorously exerted , and on none did the superiority of his powers more evidently appear . His Trial of Count Tariff , written to expose the Treaty of Commerce with ...
Page 421
... Whig , in which it is not discovered that Steele was then known to be the advocate for the commons . Steele replied by a second Plebeian ; and , whether by ignorance or by courtesy , confined himself to his question , without any ...
... Whig , in which it is not discovered that Steele was then known to be the advocate for the commons . Steele replied by a second Plebeian ; and , whether by ignorance or by courtesy , confined himself to his question , without any ...
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