Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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... secret till the papers were collected into volumes . To the Tatler , in about two months , succeeded the Spectator : a series of essays of the same kind , but written with less levity , upon a more regular plan , 14 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... secret till the papers were collected into volumes . To the Tatler , in about two months , succeeded the Spectator : a series of essays of the same kind , but written with less levity , upon a more regular plan , 14 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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... Spectator , in one of the first papers , showed the political tenets of its authors ; but a resolution was soon taken of courting general approbation by general topics , and subjects on which faction had produced no diversity of ...
... Spectator , in one of the first papers , showed the political tenets of its authors ; but a resolution was soon taken of courting general approbation by general topics , and subjects on which faction had produced no diversity of ...
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... 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 show when to speak , or to ...
... 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 show when to speak , or to ...
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... 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 agitating the ...
... 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 agitating the ...
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... Spectator , the favourite of Addison was Sir Roger de Coverley , of whom he had formed a very delicate and discriminate idea , which he would not suffer to be violated ; and therefore when Steele had shown him innocently picking up a ...
... Spectator , the favourite of Addison was Sir Roger de Coverley , of whom he had formed a very delicate and discriminate idea , which he would not suffer to be violated ; and therefore when Steele had shown him innocently picking up a ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards appeared calamities Cassell's Cato censure character Cheap Edition conduct considered contempt conversation criticism death declared Delany discovered distress E. W. HORNUNG elegance endeavoured expected favour fortune friends friendship genius GUSTAVE DORÉ honour Illustrated imagined Ireland J. M. BARRIE Juba justly kindness King letter likewise lived lodging London Lord Tyrconnel mankind manner MAX PEMBERTON mentioned mind misery misfortunes mother nature neglect never obliged observed occasion once opinion Orrery pamphlet passion pension performance perhaps pleasure poem poet poetical Pope pounds praise promise published queen R. L. STEVENSON reader reason received regard resentment resolution retired Richard Savage ROBERT STAWELL BALL Savage Savage's says Sempronius sent sentiments Sir Richard Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon Spectator STANLEY WEYMAN Steele suffered sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler tenderness thought Tickell tion told tragedy verses virtue Vols Whigs write wrote