Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... never known the harder trials of the world , when he says of Savage , " Those are no proper judges of his conduct , who have slumbered away their time on the down of plenty ; nor will any wise man easily presume to say , ' Had I been in ...
... never known the harder trials of the world , when he says of Savage , " Those are no proper judges of his conduct , who have slumbered away their time on the down of plenty ; nor will any wise man easily presume to say , ' Had I been in ...
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... never con- sidered Steele as a rival ; but Steele lived , as he confesses , under an habitual subjection to the predominating genius of Addison , whom he always mentioned with reverence , and treated with obsequiousness . Addison , who ...
... never con- sidered Steele as a rival ; but Steele lived , as he confesses , under an habitual subjection to the predominating genius of Addison , whom he always mentioned with reverence , and treated with obsequiousness . Addison , who ...
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... never read ; so little sometimes is criticism the effect of judgment . It is 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 ...
... never read ; so little sometimes is criticism the effect of judgment . It is 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 ...
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... never to remit his regular fees in civility to his friends : " for , " said he , " I may have a hundred friends ; and if my fee be two guineas , I shall , by relinquishing my right , lose two hundred guineas , and no friend gain more ...
... never to remit his regular fees in civility to his friends : " for , " said he , " I may have a hundred friends ; and if my fee be two guineas , I shall , by relinquishing my right , lose two hundred guineas , and no friend gain more ...
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... never wholly lose while they continue to be among the first books by which both sexes are initiated in the elegances of knowledge . The Tatler and Spectator adjusted , like Casa , the un- settled practice of daily intercourse by ...
... never wholly lose while they continue to be among the first books by which both sexes are initiated in the elegances of knowledge . The Tatler and Spectator adjusted , like Casa , the un- settled practice of daily intercourse by ...
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