Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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... Plays Tales from the Decameron Visions of England .. Rasselas Paradise Lost ( Vols . I. & ii ) .. Sintran and his Companions , & c . Memorable Thoughts of Socrates Daphnaida , and other Poems .. Undine , and The Two Captains The Bravo ...
... Plays Tales from the Decameron Visions of England .. Rasselas Paradise Lost ( Vols . I. & ii ) .. Sintran and his Companions , & c . Memorable Thoughts of Socrates Daphnaida , and other Poems .. Undine , and The Two Captains The Bravo ...
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... playing a little upon his admirer ; but he was in no danger of retort ; his jests were endured without resistance or resentment . But the sneer of jocularity was not the ' worst . Steele , whose imprudence of ' generosity , or vanity of ...
... playing a little upon his admirer ; but he was in no danger of retort ; his jests were endured without resistance or resentment . But the sneer of jocularity was not the ' worst . Steele , whose imprudence of ' generosity , or vanity of ...
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... play Addison supplied a prologue . When the Marquis of Wharton was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , Addison attended him as his secre- tary ; and was made Keeper of the Records , in Birming- ham's Tower , with a salary of three ...
... play Addison supplied a prologue . When the Marquis of Wharton was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , Addison attended him as his secre- tary ; and was made Keeper of the Records , in Birming- ham's Tower , with a salary of three ...
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... in danger affected likewise to think that a stage - play might preserve it ; and Addison was importuned , in the name of the tutelary deities of Britain , to show his ADDISON . 19 little, and that little seems not to have pleased ...
... in danger affected likewise to think that a stage - play might preserve it ; and Addison was importuned , in the name of the tutelary deities of Britain , to show his ADDISON . 19 little, and that little seems not to have pleased ...
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... play , there were these words , " Britains , arise ! be worth like this approved ; " meaning nothing more than- Britons , erect and exalt yourselves to the approbation of public virtue . Addison was frighted , lest he should be thought ...
... play , there were these words , " Britains , arise ! be worth like this approved ; " meaning nothing more than- Britons , erect and exalt yourselves to the approbation of public virtue . Addison was frighted , lest he should be thought ...
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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