Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... conduct , who have slumbered away their time on the down of plenty ; nor will any wise man easily presume to say , ' Had I been in Savage's condition , I should have lived or written better than Savage . ' But Johnson , who made large ...
... conduct , who have slumbered away their time on the down of plenty ; nor will any wise man easily presume to say , ' Had I been in Savage's condition , I should have lived or written better than Savage . ' But Johnson , who made large ...
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... conducted by Addison . To judge better of the probability of this story , I have inquired when he was sent to the Chartreux ; but , as he was not one of those who enjoyed the founder's benefac- tion , there is no account preserved of ...
... conducted by Addison . To judge better of the probability of this story , I have inquired when he was sent to the Chartreux ; but , as he was not one of those who enjoyed the founder's benefac- tion , there is no account preserved of ...
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... . It is not necessary to refuse benefits from a bad man when the acceptance implies no approbation of his crimes ; nor has the subordinate officer any obligation to examine the opinions or conduct of those under whom he acts ADDISON . 13.
... . It is not necessary to refuse benefits from a bad man when the acceptance implies no approbation of his crimes ; nor has the subordinate officer any obligation to examine the opinions or conduct of those under whom he acts ADDISON . 13.
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Samuel Johnson. the opinions or conduct of those under whom he acts , except that he may not be made the instrument of wickedness . It is reasonable to suppose that Addison counteracted , as far as he was able , the malignant and ...
Samuel Johnson. the opinions or conduct of those under whom he acts , except that he may not be made the instrument of wickedness . It is reasonable to suppose that Addison counteracted , as far as he was able , the malignant and ...
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... conduct seem not so much the effects of a mind deviating from the beaten track of life , by the perpetual pressure of some overwhelming idea , as of habitual rusticity , and that negligence which solitary grandeur naturally generates ...
... conduct seem not so much the effects of a mind deviating from the beaten track of life , by the perpetual pressure of some overwhelming idea , as of habitual rusticity , and that negligence which solitary grandeur naturally generates ...
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