Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 15
... once broke out in praise of Marlborough ; and when Dr. Fleetwood prefixed to some sermons a preface overflowing with Whiggish opinions , that it might be read by the Queen , it was reprinted in the Spectator . To teach the minuter ...
... once broke out in praise of Marlborough ; and when Dr. Fleetwood prefixed to some sermons a preface overflowing with Whiggish opinions , that it might be read by the Queen , it was reprinted in the Spectator . To teach the minuter ...
Page 19
... 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 therefore stated at one - and - twenty pounds , or three pounds ten shillings ...
... 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 therefore stated at one - and - twenty pounds , or three pounds ten shillings ...
Page 23
... once blazed into faction . He was soon too hot for neutral topics , and quitted the Guardian to write the Englishman . The papers of Addison are marked in the Spectator by one of the letters in the name of Clio , and in the Guardian by ...
... once blazed into faction . He was soon too hot for neutral topics , and quitted the Guardian to write the Englishman . The papers of Addison are marked in the Spectator by one of the letters in the name of Clio , and in the Guardian by ...
Page 24
... , and the papers which once in- flamed the nation are read only as effusions of wit , must wish for more of the Whig Examiners ; for on 24 LIVES OF THE POETS . rate observation of natural or accidental deviations from ...
... , and the papers which once in- flamed the nation are read only as effusions of wit , must wish for more of the Whig Examiners ; for on 24 LIVES OF THE POETS . rate observation of natural or accidental deviations from ...
Page 28
... once a design to make an English dictionary , and that he considered Dr. Tillotson as the writer of highest authority . There was formerly sent to me by Mr. Locker , clerk of the Leathersellers Company , who was eminent for curiosity ...
... once a design to make an English dictionary , and that he considered Dr. Tillotson as the writer of highest authority . There was formerly sent to me by Mr. Locker , clerk of the Leathersellers Company , who was eminent for curiosity ...
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