Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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... sentiments we cannot know . Addison must , however , not be too hastily condemned . It is not necessary to refuse benefits from a bad man when the acceptance implies no approbation of his crimes ; nor has the subordinate officer any ...
... sentiments we cannot know . Addison must , however , not be too hastily condemned . It is not necessary to refuse benefits from a bad man when the acceptance implies no approbation of his crimes ; nor has the subordinate officer any ...
Page 15
... sentiments- such as literature , morality , and familiar life . To this practice they adhered with few deviations . The ardour of Steele once broke out in praise of Marlborough ; and when Dr. Fleetwood prefixed to some sermons a preface ...
... sentiments- such as literature , morality , and familiar life . To this practice they adhered with few deviations . The ardour of Steele once broke out in praise of Marlborough ; and when Dr. Fleetwood prefixed to some sermons a preface ...
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... sentiments , or elegance in the language . He engaged in a nobler work , a " Defence of the Christian Religion , " of which part was published after his death ; and he designed to have made a new poetical version of the Psalms . These ...
... sentiments , or elegance in the language . He engaged in a nobler work , a " Defence of the Christian Religion , " of which part was published after his death ; and he designed to have made a new poetical version of the Psalms . These ...
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... sentiments ; his wit always could suggest what the occasion demanded . He had read with critical eyes the important volume of human life , and knew the heart of man , from the depths of stratagem to the surface of af- fectation . What ...
... sentiments ; his wit always could suggest what the occasion demanded . He had read with critical eyes the important volume of human life , and knew the heart of man , from the depths of stratagem to the surface of af- fectation . What ...
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... him " an indifferent poet , and a worse critic . " His poetry is first to be considered ; of which it must be confessed that it has not often those felicities of diction which give lustre to sentiments , or ADDISON . 37.
... him " an indifferent poet , and a worse critic . " His poetry is first to be considered ; of which it must be confessed that it has not often those felicities of diction which give lustre to sentiments , or ADDISON . 37.
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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