Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... nature foiled any attempt made to befriend him ; and the friends he lost , he slandered ; Richard Steele among them . Samuel Johnson was a friend easy to make , and difficult to lose . There was no money to be got from him , for he was ...
... nature foiled any attempt made to befriend him ; and the friends he lost , he slandered ; Richard Steele among them . Samuel Johnson was a friend easy to make , and difficult to lose . There was no money to be got from him , for he was ...
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... natural modesty , he was diverted from his original design of entering into holy orders . Montague alleged the cor- ruption of men who engaged in civil employments with . out liberal education ; and declared that , though he was ...
... natural modesty , he was diverted from his original design of entering into holy orders . Montague alleged the cor- ruption of men who engaged in civil employments with . out liberal education ; and declared that , though he was ...
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... natural to suppose the approbation general , and the sale numerous . I once heard it observed that the sale may be calculated by the product of the tax , related in the last number to produce more than twenty pounds a week , and ...
... natural to suppose the approbation general , and the sale numerous . I once heard it observed that the sale may be calculated by the product of the tax , related in the last number to produce more than twenty pounds a week , and ...
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... his proportion of the profits . Many of these papers were written with powers truly comic , with nice discrimination of characters , and accu- rate observation of natural or accidental deviations from propriety ; ADDISON . 23.
... his proportion of the profits . Many of these papers were written with powers truly comic , with nice discrimination of characters , and accu- rate observation of natural or accidental deviations from propriety ; ADDISON . 23.
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Samuel Johnson. rate observation of natural or accidental deviations from propriety ; but it was not supposed that he had tried a comedy on the stage , till Steele after his death declared him the ... natural or accidental deviations from ...
Samuel Johnson. rate observation of natural or accidental deviations from propriety ; but it was not supposed that he had tried a comedy on the stage , till Steele after his death declared him the ... natural or accidental deviations from ...
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