Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... Church or State ; of which they taught many to talk , whom they could not teach to judge . It has been suggested that the Royal Society was in- stituted soon after the Restoration to divert the attention of 16 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... Church or State ; of which they taught many to talk , whom they could not teach to judge . It has been suggested that the Royal Society was in- stituted soon after the Restoration to divert the attention of 16 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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Samuel Johnson. stituted soon after the Restoration to divert the attention of the people from public discontent . The Tatler and Spectator had the same tendency ; they were published at a time when two parties - loud ... attention ...
Samuel Johnson. stituted soon after the Restoration to divert the attention of the people from public discontent . The Tatler and Spectator had the same tendency ; they were published at a time when two parties - loud ... attention ...
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... attention of the public upon a criticism which , though sometimes intem- perate , was often irrefragable . : While Cato was upon the stage , another daily paper , called the Guardian , was published by Steele . To this Addison gave ...
... attention of the public upon a criticism which , though sometimes intem- perate , was often irrefragable . : While Cato was upon the stage , another daily paper , called the Guardian , was published by Steele . To this Addison gave ...
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... attention , and has naturally sunk by its own weight into neglect . This cannot be said of the few papers entitled the Whig Examiner , in which is employed all the force of gay malevolence and humorous satire . Of this paper , which ...
... attention , and has naturally sunk by its own weight into neglect . This cannot be said of the few papers entitled the Whig Examiner , in which is employed all the force of gay malevolence and humorous satire . Of this paper , which ...
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... attention ; for there is not one amongst them that strongly attracts either affection or esteem . But they are made the vehicles of such sentiments and such expression that there is scarcely a scene in the play which the reader does not ...
... attention ; for there is not one amongst them that strongly attracts either affection or esteem . But they are made the vehicles of such sentiments and such expression that there is scarcely a scene in the play which the reader does not ...
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