Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 10
... enemy to the Church , he would never do it any injury but by withholding Addison from it . Soon after ( in 1695 ) he wrote a poem to King William , with a rhyming introduction addressed to Lord Somers . King 10 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... enemy to the Church , he would never do it any injury but by withholding Addison from it . Soon after ( in 1695 ) he wrote a poem to King William , with a rhyming introduction addressed to Lord Somers . King 10 LIVES OF THE POETS .
Page 11
... Lord Halifax which is justly considered as the most elegant , if not the most sublime , of his poetical pro- ductions . But in about two years he found it necessary to hasten home ; being , as Swift informs us , distressed by indigence ...
... Lord Halifax which is justly considered as the most elegant , if not the most sublime , of his poetical pro- ductions . But in about two years he found it necessary to hasten home ; being , as Swift informs us , distressed by indigence ...
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... Lord Godolphin , lamenting to Lord Halifax that it had not been celebrated in a manner equal to the subject , desired him to propose it to some better poet . Halifax told him that there was no encouragement for genius ; that worthless ...
... Lord Godolphin , lamenting to Lord Halifax that it had not been celebrated in a manner equal to the subject , desired him to propose it to some better poet . Halifax told him that there was no encouragement for genius ; that worthless ...
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... 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 hundred pounds a year . The office was little more than nominal , and the ...
... 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 hundred pounds a year . The office was little more than nominal , and the ...
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... lords , who could not wait for the niceties of criti- cism , called Mr. Southwell , a clerk in the House , and ordered him to despatch the message . Southwell readily told what was necessary in the common style of business , and valued ...
... lords , who could not wait for the niceties of criti- cism , called Mr. Southwell , a clerk in the House , and ordered him to despatch the message . Southwell readily told what was necessary in the common style of business , and valued ...
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