Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... mentioned with reverence , and treated with obsequiousness . Addison , who knew his own dignity , could not always forbear to show it , by playing a little upon his admirer ; but he was in no danger of retort ; his jests were endured ...
... mentioned with reverence , and treated with obsequiousness . Addison , who knew his own dignity , could not always forbear to show it , by playing a little upon his admirer ; but he was in no danger of retort ; his jests were endured ...
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... mention of the fair sex , had before his recess wearied his readers . : The next year ( 1713 ) , in which Cato came upon the stage , was the grand climacteric of Addison's reputation . Upon the death of Cato he had , as is said ...
... mention of the fair sex , had before his recess wearied his readers . : The next year ( 1713 ) , in which Cato came upon the stage , was the grand climacteric of Addison's reputation . Upon the death of Cato he had , as is said ...
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... mentioned , as a satire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every clap , to show that the satire was unfelt . The story of Bolingbroke is well known ; he called Booth to his box , and gave him fifty guineas for defending the cause of ...
... mentioned , as a satire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every clap , to show that the satire was unfelt . The story of Bolingbroke is well known ; he called Booth to his box , and gave him fifty guineas for defending the cause of ...
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... mentioned by Tickell in his Life ; why it was omitted , the biographers doubtless give the true reason - the fact was too recent , and those who had been heated in the contention were not yet cool . The necessity of complying with times ...
... mentioned by Tickell in his Life ; why it was omitted , the biographers doubtless give the true reason - the fact was too recent , and those who had been heated in the contention were not yet cool . The necessity of complying with times ...
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... mentioned as that timorous or sullen taciturnity , which his friends called modesty by too mild a name . Steele mentions with great tenderness " that remarkable bashfulness which is a cloak that hides and muffles merit ; " and tells us ...
... mentioned as that timorous or sullen taciturnity , which his friends called modesty by too mild a name . Steele mentions with great tenderness " that remarkable bashfulness which is a cloak that hides and muffles merit ; " and tells us ...
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