Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... Steele among them . Samuel Johnson was a friend easy to make , and difficult to lose . There was no money to be got from him , for he was altogether poor in everything but the large spirit of human kindness . Savage drew largely on him ...
... Steele among them . Samuel Johnson was a friend easy to make , and difficult to lose . There was no money to be got from him , for he was altogether poor in everything but the large spirit of human kindness . Savage drew largely on him ...
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... Steele which their joint labours have so effectually recorded . Of this memorable friendship the greater praise must be given to Steele . It is not hard to love those from whom nothing can be feared ; and Addison never con- sidered Steele ...
... Steele which their joint labours have so effectually recorded . Of this memorable friendship the greater praise must be given to Steele . It is not hard to love those from whom nothing can be feared ; and Addison never con- sidered Steele ...
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Samuel Johnson. loan by an execution . Steele felt with great sensibility the obduracy of his creditor , but with emotions of sorrow rather than of anger . In 1687 he was entered into Queen's College in Oxford , where , in 1689 , the ...
Samuel Johnson. loan by an execution . Steele felt with great sensibility the obduracy of his creditor , but with emotions of sorrow rather than of anger . In 1687 he was entered into Queen's College in Oxford , where , in 1689 , the ...
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... Steele dedicated to him , with a confession that he owed to him several of the most successful scenes . To this play Addison supplied a prologue . When the Marquis of Wharton was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , Addison attended ...
... Steele dedicated to him , with a confession that he owed to him several of the most successful scenes . To this play Addison supplied a prologue . When the Marquis of Wharton was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , Addison attended ...
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... Steele , without any communication of his design , began the publication of the Tatler ; but he was not long con- cealed ; by inserting a remark on Virgil which Addison had given him he discovered himself . It is , indeed , not easy for ...
... Steele , without any communication of his design , began the publication of the Tatler ; but he was not long con- cealed ; by inserting a remark on Virgil which Addison had given him he discovered himself . It is , indeed , not easy for ...
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