Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 11
... elegance or literature ; his study was only war ; yet by a choice of Ministers , whose disposition was very different from his own , he procured , without intention , a very liberal patron- age to poetry . Addison was caressed both by ...
... elegance or literature ; his study was only war ; yet by a choice of Ministers , whose disposition was very different from his own , he procured , without intention , a very liberal patron- age to poetry . Addison was caressed both by ...
Page 12
... elegance of language , and variegation of prose and verse , however , gain upon the reader ; and the book , though awhile neglected , became in time so much the favourite of the public that before it was reprinted it rose to five times ...
... elegance of language , and variegation of prose and verse , however , gain upon the reader ; and the book , though awhile neglected , became in time so much the favourite of the public that before it was reprinted it rose to five times ...
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... elegance , and which , if they are now less read , are neglected only because they have effected that reformation which their authors intended , and their precepts now are no longer wanted . Their usefulness to the age in which they ...
... elegance , and which , if they are now less read , are neglected only because they have effected that reformation which their authors intended , and their precepts now are no longer wanted . Their usefulness to the age in which they ...
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... elegance in the language . He engaged in a nobler work , a " Defence of the Christian Religion , " of which part was published after his death ; and he designed to have made a new poetical version of the Psalms . These pious ...
... elegance in the language . He engaged in a nobler work , a " Defence of the Christian Religion , " of which part was published after his death ; and he designed to have made a new poetical version of the Psalms . These pious ...
Page 35
... elegance of his colloquial accomplishments , which may easily be supposed such as Pope represents them . The remark of Mandeville , who , when he had passed an even- ing in his company , declared that he was a parson in a tie - wig ...
... elegance of his colloquial accomplishments , which may easily be supposed such as Pope represents them . The remark of Mandeville , who , when he had passed an even- ing in his company , declared that he was a parson in a tie - wig ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards allowed appeared calamities Cassell's Cato censure character Cheap Edition conduct considered contempt conversation death declared Delany discovered distress E. W. HORNUNG elegance endeavoured expected favour fortune friends friendship genius honour Illustrated imagined Ireland Juba justly kindness King letter likewise lived lodging London Lord Tyrconnel mankind manner MAX PEMBERTON mentioned merit mind misery misfortunes mother nature neglect never obliged observed occasion once opinion Orrery pamphlet panegyric 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 SAMUEL JOHNSON 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