Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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... lived or written better than Savage . " But Johnson , who made large allowance for temptations pressing on the poor , himself suffered and overcame the hardest trials , firm always to his duty , true servant of God and friend of man ...
... lived or written better than Savage . " But Johnson , who made large allowance for temptations pressing on the poor , himself suffered and overcame the hardest trials , firm always to his duty , true servant of God and friend of man ...
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... lived , as he confesses , under an habitual subjection to the predominating genius of Addison , whom he always mentioned with reverence , and treated with obsequiousness . Addison , who knew his own dignity , could not always forbear to ...
... lived , as he confesses , under an habitual subjection to the predominating genius of Addison , whom he always mentioned with reverence , and treated with obsequiousness . Addison , who knew his own dignity , could not always forbear to ...
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... lived on unanswered , and therefore little read . Addison knew the policy of literature too well to make his enemy important by drawing the attention of the public upon a criticism which , though sometimes intem- perate , was often ...
... lived on unanswered , and therefore little read . Addison knew the policy of literature too well to make his enemy important by drawing the attention of the public upon a criticism which , though sometimes intem- perate , was often ...
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... lived no longer than the question that produced it . Not long afterwards an attempt was made to revive the Spectator , at a time indeed by no means favourable to literature , when the succession of a new family to the throne filled the ...
... lived no longer than the question that produced it . Not long afterwards an attempt was made to revive the Spectator , at a time indeed by no means favourable to literature , when the succession of a new family to the throne filled the ...
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... lived in the family , I know not . His advances at first were certainly timorous , but grew bolder as his reputation and influence increased ; till at last the lady was persuaded to marry him , on terms much like those on which a ...
... lived in the family , I know not . His advances at first were certainly timorous , but grew bolder as his reputation and influence increased ; till at last the lady was persuaded to marry him , on terms much like those on which a ...
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The Lives Of The English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore And Pope Samuel Johnson No preview available - 2005 |
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