Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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... without much purpose of repayment ; but Addison , who seems to have had other notions of a hun- dred pounds , grew impatient of delay , and reclaimed his loan by an execution . Steele felt with great sensibility 8 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... without much purpose of repayment ; but Addison , who seems to have had other notions of a hun- dred pounds , grew impatient of delay , and reclaimed his loan by an execution . Steele felt with great sensibility 8 LIVES OF THE POETS .
Page 9
... seem to have had much of his fondness , for he collected a second volume of the " Musa Anglicanæ , " perhaps for a convenient receptacle , in which all his Latin pieces are inserted , and where his poem on the Peace has the first place ...
... seem to have had much of his fondness , for he collected a second volume of the " Musa Anglicanæ , " perhaps for a convenient receptacle , in which all his Latin pieces are inserted , and where his poem on the Peace has the first place ...
Page 18
... seems to have been deterred from prosecuting his own design . To Sir Roger ( who , as a country gentleman , appears to be a Tory , or , as it is gently expressed , an adherent to the landed interest ) is opposed Sir Andrew Freeport , a ...
... seems to have been deterred from prosecuting his own design . To Sir Roger ( who , as a country gentleman , appears to be a Tory , or , as it is gently expressed , an adherent to the landed interest ) is opposed Sir Andrew Freeport , a ...
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Samuel Johnson. little , and that little seems not to have pleased Addison , who , when he dismissed him from the club , changed his opinions . Steele had made him , in the true spirit of unfeeling commerce ... seems not to have pleased ...
Samuel Johnson. little , and that little seems not to have pleased Addison , who , when he dismissed him from the club , changed his opinions . Steele had made him , in the true spirit of unfeeling commerce ... seems not to have pleased ...
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... seems to have increased his disposition to seri- ousness the proportion of his religious to his comic papers is greater than in the former series . The Spectator , from its re - commencement , was pub- lished only three times a week ...
... seems to have increased his disposition to seri- ousness the proportion of his religious to his comic papers is greater than in the former series . The Spectator , from its re - commencement , was pub- lished only three times a week ...
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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