Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 34
... advantage not to have time for much revisal . " He would alter , " says Pope , " anything to please his friends before publica- tion , but would not re - touch his pieces afterwards ; and I believe not one word of Cato to which I made ...
... advantage not to have time for much revisal . " He would alter , " says Pope , " anything to please his friends before publica- tion , but would not re - touch his pieces afterwards ; and I believe not one word of Cato to which I made ...
Page 60
... advantages extrinsic and adventitious , and therefore easily separable from those by whom they are possessed , should very often flatter the mind with expectations of felicity which they cannot give , raises no astonishment : but it ...
... advantages extrinsic and adventitious , and therefore easily separable from those by whom they are possessed , should very often flatter the mind with expectations of felicity which they cannot give , raises no astonishment : but it ...
Page 65
... advantage to him , that an unexpected dis- covery determined him to quit his occupation . About this time his nurse , who had always treated him as her own son , died ; and it was natural for him to take care of those effects which by ...
... advantage to him , that an unexpected dis- covery determined him to quit his occupation . About this time his nurse , who had always treated him as her own son , died ; and it was natural for him to take care of those effects which by ...
Page 67
... advantage from it than the acquaintance of Sir Richard Steele and Mr. Wilks , by whom he was pitied , caressed , and relieved . • Sir Richard Steele , having declared in his favour with all the ardour of benevolence which constituted ...
... advantage from it than the acquaintance of Sir Richard Steele and Mr. Wilks , by whom he was pitied , caressed , and relieved . • Sir Richard Steele , having declared in his favour with all the ardour of benevolence which constituted ...
Page 70
... advantage to him were performed . His mother was infected , among others , with the general madness of the South Sea traffic ; and having been dis- appointed in her expectations , refused to pay what perhaps nothing but the prospect of ...
... advantage to him were performed . His mother was infected , among others , with the general madness of the South Sea traffic ; and having been dis- appointed in her expectations , refused to pay what perhaps nothing but the prospect of ...
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