Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 10
... necessary to inform the reader that about this time he was introduced by Congreve to Montague , then Chancellor of the Ex- chequer Addison was then learning the trade of a courtier , and subjoined Montague as a poetical name to those of ...
... necessary to inform the reader that about this time he was introduced by Congreve to Montague , then Chancellor of the Ex- chequer Addison was then learning the trade of a courtier , and subjoined Montague as a poetical name to those of ...
Page 11
... necessary to hasten home ; being , as Swift informs us , distressed by indigence , and compelled to become the tutor of a travelling squire , because his pension was not remitted . At his return he published his Travels , with a dedica ...
... necessary to hasten home ; being , as Swift informs us , distressed by indigence , and compelled to become the tutor of a travelling squire , because his pension was not remitted . At his return he published his Travels , with a dedica ...
Page 13
... 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.
... 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.
Page 23
... necessary to be said but that it found many contributors , and that it was a continuation of the Spectator , with the same ele- gance and the same variety , till some unlucky sparkle from a Tory paper set Steele's politics on fire , and ...
... necessary to be said but that it found many contributors , and that it was a continuation of the Spectator , with the same ele- gance and the same variety , till some unlucky sparkle from a Tory paper set Steele's politics on fire , and ...
Page 26
... necessary in the common style of business , and valued himself upon having done what was too hard for Addison . He was better qualified for the Freeholder , a paper which he published twice a week , from December 23 , 1715 , to the ...
... necessary in the common style of business , and valued himself upon having done what was too hard for Addison . He was better qualified for the Freeholder , a paper which he published twice a week , from December 23 , 1715 , to the ...
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