Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... appeared when that age was about doubled . He was very poor when the Life of Savage was written for Cave . Soon after its pub- lication , we are told , Mr. Harte dined with Cave , and incidentally praised it . Meeting him again soon ...
... appeared when that age was about doubled . He was very poor when the Life of Savage was written for Cave . Soon after its pub- lication , we are told , Mr. Harte dined with Cave , and incidentally praised it . Meeting him again soon ...
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... appeared his Latin verses on the Peace of Ryswick , which he dedicated to Montague , and which was afterwards called , by Smith , " the best Latin poem since the " Æneid . " Praise must not be too rigorously examined ; but the ...
... appeared his Latin verses on the Peace of Ryswick , which he dedicated to Montague , and which was afterwards called , by Smith , " the best Latin poem since the " Æneid . " Praise must not be too rigorously examined ; but the ...
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... appearance which gave testimony of the difficulties to which he had been reduced , he found his old patrons out of power , and was therefore , for a time , at full leisure for the cultivation of his mind ; and a mind so cultivated gives ...
... appearance which gave testimony of the difficulties to which he had been reduced , he found his old patrons out of power , and was therefore , for a time , at full leisure for the cultivation of his mind ; and a mind so cultivated gives ...
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... appearance of regard , to right and wrong . Whatever is contrary to this may be said of Addison ; but as agents of a party they were connected , and how they adjusted their other sentiments we cannot know . Addison must , however , not ...
... appearance of regard , to right and wrong . Whatever is contrary to this may be said of Addison ; but as agents of a party they were connected , and how they adjusted their other sentiments we cannot know . Addison must , however , not ...
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... appeared Mercu- rius Aulicus , Mercurius Rusticus , and Mercurius Civicus . It is said that when any title grew ... appearance of a friend . The tumult of those unhappy days left scarcely any man leisure to treasure up occasional ...
... appeared Mercu- rius Aulicus , Mercurius Rusticus , and Mercurius Civicus . It is said that when any title grew ... appearance of a friend . The tumult of those unhappy days left scarcely any man leisure to treasure up occasional ...
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