Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 8
... playing a little upon his admirer ; but he was in no danger of retort ; his jests were endured without resistance or resentment . But the sneer of jocularity was not the worst . Steele , whose imprudence of generosity , or vanity of ...
... playing a little upon his admirer ; but he was in no danger of retort ; his jests were endured without resistance or resentment . But the sneer of jocularity was not the worst . Steele , whose imprudence of generosity , or vanity of ...
Page 13
... play Addison supplied a prologue . When the Marquis of Wharton was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , Addison attended him as his secre- tary ; and was made Keeper of the Records , in Birming- ham's Tower , with a salary of three ...
... play Addison supplied a prologue . When the Marquis of Wharton was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , Addison attended him as his secre- tary ; and was made Keeper of the Records , in Birming- ham's Tower , with a salary of three ...
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... in danger affected likewise to think that a stage - play might preserve it ; and Addison was importuned , in the name of the tutelary deities of Britain , to show his ADDISON . 19 little, and that little seems not to have pleased ...
... in danger affected likewise to think that a stage - play might preserve it ; and Addison was importuned , in the name of the tutelary deities of Britain , to show his ADDISON . 19 little, and that little seems not to have pleased ...
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... play , there were these words , " Britains , arise ! be worth like this approved ; " meaning nothing more than- Britons , erect and exalt yourselves to the approbation of public virtue . Addison was frighted , lest he should be thought ...
... play , there were these words , " Britains , arise ! be worth like this approved ; " meaning nothing more than- Britons , erect and exalt yourselves to the approbation of public virtue . Addison was frighted , lest he should be thought ...
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... play , supported thus by the emulation of factious praise , was acted night after night for a longer time than , I believe , the public had allowed to any drama before ; and the author , as Mrs. Porter long afterwards related , wandered ...
... play , supported thus by the emulation of factious praise , was acted night after night for a longer time than , I believe , the public had allowed to any drama before ; and the author , as Mrs. Porter long afterwards related , wandered ...
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