Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 22
... desire of vexing the critic than of defend → ing the poet . Addison , who was no stranger to the world , probably saw the selfishness of Pope's friendship ; and , resolving that he should have the consequences of his officiousness to ...
... desire of vexing the critic than of defend → ing the poet . Addison , who was no stranger to the world , probably saw the selfishness of Pope's friendship ; and , resolving that he should have the consequences of his officiousness to ...
Page 35
... desire to set loose his powers of conversa- tion ; and who that ever asked succours from Bacchus was able to preserve himself from being enslaved by his auxiliary ? Among those friends it was that Addison displayed the elegance of his ...
... desire to set loose his powers of conversa- tion ; and who that ever asked succours from Bacchus was able to preserve himself from being enslaved by his auxiliary ? Among those friends it was that Addison displayed the elegance of his ...
Page 45
... desire to ask these questions : -Of all our countrymen , which do we love most , those whom we know , or those whom we know not ? And of those whom we know , which do we cherish most , our friends or our enemies ? And of our friends ...
... desire to ask these questions : -Of all our countrymen , which do we love most , those whom we know , or those whom we know not ? And of those whom we know , which do we cherish most , our friends or our enemies ? And of our friends ...
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Samuel Johnson. mortality of the Soul , translated lately by Bernard Lintot I desire the reader to consider whether such a person as this would pass with them who beheld him for a great patriot , a great philosopher , or a general , or ...
Samuel Johnson. mortality of the Soul , translated lately by Bernard Lintot I desire the reader to consider whether such a person as this would pass with them who beheld him for a great patriot , a great philosopher , or a general , or ...
Page 81
... desire to speak to his mother , who always avoided him in public , and refused him admission into her house . One evening , walking , as was his custom , in the street that she inhabited , he saw the door of her house by accident open ...
... desire to speak to his mother , who always avoided him in public , and refused him admission into her house . One evening , walking , as was his custom , in the street that she inhabited , he saw the door of her house by accident open ...
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