Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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... studies under the care of Dr. Ellis , and con- tracted that intimacy with Sir Richard Steele which their joint labours have so effectually recorded . Of this memorable friendship the greater praise must be given to Steele . It is not ...
... studies under the care of Dr. Ellis , and con- tracted that intimacy with Sir Richard Steele which their joint labours have so effectually recorded . Of this memorable friendship the greater praise must be given to Steele . It is not ...
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... studies , which he now reviewed and completed : among these are named by Tickell the Essays on Wit , those on the Pleasures of the Imagination , and the Criticism on Milton . When the House of Hanover took possession of the throne , it ...
... studies , which he now reviewed and completed : among these are named by Tickell the Essays on Wit , those on the Pleasures of the Imagination , and the Criticism on Milton . When the House of Hanover took possession of the throne , it ...
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... It came too late to be of use , so I inspected it but slightly , and remember it indistinctly . I thought the passages too short . Addison , however , did not conclude his life in peaceful studies 28 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... It came too late to be of use , so I inspected it but slightly , and remember it indistinctly . I thought the passages too short . Addison , however , did not conclude his life in peaceful studies 28 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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Samuel Johnson. however , did not conclude his life in peaceful studies , but relapsed , when he was near his end , to a political dispute . It so happened that ( 1718-19 ) a controversy was agitated with great vehemence between those ...
Samuel Johnson. however , did not conclude his life in peaceful studies , but relapsed , when he was near his end , to a political dispute . It so happened that ( 1718-19 ) a controversy was agitated with great vehemence between those ...
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... studies with less interruption , with an intent to discharge another lodging which he had in Westminster ; and accidentally meeting two gentlemen , his acquaint- ances , whose names were Merchant and Gregory , he went in with them to a ...
... studies with less interruption , with an intent to discharge another lodging which he had in Westminster ; and accidentally meeting two gentlemen , his acquaint- ances , whose names were Merchant and Gregory , he went in with them to a ...
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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