Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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... poetical name to those of Cowley and of Dryden . By the influence of Mr. Montague , concurring , according to Tickell , with his natural modesty , he was diverted from his original design of entering into holy orders . Montague alleged ...
... poetical name to those of Cowley and of Dryden . By the influence of Mr. Montague , concurring , according to Tickell , with his natural modesty , he was diverted from his original design of entering into holy orders . Montague alleged ...
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... poetical pro- ductions . But in about two years he found it necessary to hasten home ; being , as Swift informs us , distressed by indigence , and compelled to become the tutor of a travelling squire , because his pension was not ...
... poetical pro- ductions . But in about two years he found it necessary to hasten home ; being , as Swift informs us , distressed by indigence , and compelled to become the tutor of a travelling squire , because his pension was not ...
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... poetical justice , because his own hero , with all his virtues , was to fall before a tyrant . The fact is certain ; the motives we must guess . Addison was , I believe , sufficiently disposed to bar all avenues against all danger ...
... poetical justice , because his own hero , with all his virtues , was to fall before a tyrant . The fact is certain ; the motives we must guess . Addison was , I believe , sufficiently disposed to bar all avenues against all danger ...
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... poetical version of the Psalms . These pious compositions Pope imputed to a selfish motive , upon the credit , as he owns , of Tonson ; who , having quarrelled with Addison , and not loving him , said that when he laid down the ...
... poetical version of the Psalms . These pious compositions Pope imputed to a selfish motive , upon the credit , as he owns , of Tonson ; who , having quarrelled with Addison , and not loving him , said that when he laid down the ...
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... to doubt that he suffered too much pain from the pre- valence of Pope's poetical reputation ; nor is it without Of strong reason suspected that by some disingenuous acts he B - 131 ADDISON . 33 awkward man that he ever saw." And Addison...
... to doubt that he suffered too much pain from the pre- valence of Pope's poetical reputation ; nor is it without Of strong reason suspected that by some disingenuous acts he B - 131 ADDISON . 33 awkward man that he ever saw." And Addison...
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