Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... declared that , though he was represented as an enemy to the Church , he would never do it any injury but by withholding Addison from it . Soon after ( in 1695 ) he wrote a poem to King William , with a rhyming introduction addressed to ...
... declared that , though he was represented as an enemy to the Church , he would never do it any injury but by withholding Addison from it . Soon after ( in 1695 ) he wrote a poem to King William , with a rhyming introduction addressed to ...
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... declare , with undue vehemence of expression , that he would kill Sir Roger ; being of opinion that they were born for one another , and that any other hand would do him wrong . It may be doubted whether Addison ever filled up his ...
... declare , with undue vehemence of expression , that he would kill Sir Roger ; being of opinion that they were born for one another , and that any other hand would do him wrong . It may be doubted whether Addison ever filled up his ...
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... declare that he " would not build an hospital for idle people ; " but at last he buys land , settles in the country , and builds , not a manufactory , but an hospital for twelve old husbandmen - for men with whom a merchant has little ...
... declare that he " would not build an hospital for idle people ; " but at last he buys land , settles in the country , and builds , not a manufactory , but an hospital for twelve old husbandmen - for men with whom a merchant has little ...
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... declared him the author of The Drummer . This , however , Steele did not know to be true by any direct testimony , for when Addison put the play into his hands , he only told him it was the work of a " gentleman in the company ; and ...
... declared him the author of The Drummer . This , however , Steele did not know to be true by any direct testimony , for when Addison put the play into his hands , he only told him it was the work of a " gentleman in the company ; and ...
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... declared that he was a parson in a tie - wig , can detract little from his character ; he was always reserved to strangers , and was not incited to un- common freedom by a character like that of Mandeville . From any minute knowledge of ...
... declared that he was a parson in a tie - wig , can detract little from his character ; he was always reserved to strangers , and was not incited to un- common freedom by a character like that of Mandeville . From any minute knowledge of ...
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