Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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... letter to Lord Halifax which is justly considered as the most elegant , if not the most sublime , of his poetical pro- ductions . But in about two years he found it necessary to hasten home ; being , as Swift informs us , distressed by ...
... letter to Lord Halifax which is justly considered as the most elegant , if not the most sublime , of his poetical pro- ductions . But in about two years he found it necessary to hasten home ; being , as Swift informs us , distressed by ...
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... letters in the name of Clio , and in the Guardian by a hand ; whether it was , as Tickell pretends to think , that he was unwilling to usurp the praise of others , or as Steele , with far greater likelihood , insinuates , that he could ...
... letters in the name of Clio , and in the Guardian by a hand ; whether it was , as Tickell pretends to think , that he was unwilling to usurp the praise of others , or as Steele , with far greater likelihood , insinuates , that he could ...
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... letters , of which Addison , whose materials were more , made little use - having re- course to sketches and hints , the product of his former studies , which he now reviewed and completed : among these are named by Tickell the Essays ...
... letters , of which Addison , whose materials were more , made little use - having re- course to sketches and hints , the product of his former studies , which he now reviewed and completed : among these are named by Tickell the Essays ...
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... letter to the Earl of Oxford , was to introduce an aristocracy : for a majority in the House of Lords , so limited , would have been despotic and irresistible . To prevent this subversion of the ancient establishment , Steele , whose ...
... letter to the Earl of Oxford , was to introduce an aristocracy : for a majority in the House of Lords , so limited , would have been despotic and irresistible . To prevent this subversion of the ancient establishment , Steele , whose ...
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... Letter from Italy has been always praised , but has never been praised beyond its merit . It is more correct , with less appearance of labour , and more elegant , with less ambition of ornament , than any other of his poems . There is ...
... Letter from Italy has been always praised , but has never been praised beyond its merit . It is more correct , with less appearance of labour , and more elegant , with less ambition of ornament , than any other of his poems . There is ...
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