Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... praise must be given to Steele . It is not hard to love those from whom nothing can be feared ; and Addison never con- sidered Steele as a rival ; but Steele lived , as he confesses , under an habitual subjection to the predominating ...
... praise must be given to Steele . It is not hard to love those from whom nothing can be feared ; and Addison never con- sidered Steele as a rival ; but Steele lived , as he confesses , under an habitual subjection to the predominating ...
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... praise . He has not confined himself to the imitation of any ancient author , but has formed his style from the general language , such as a diligent perusal of the pro- ductions of different ages happened to supply . His Latin ...
... praise . He has not confined himself to the imitation of any ancient author , but has formed his style from the general language , such as a diligent perusal of the pro- ductions of different ages happened to supply . His Latin ...
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... Praise must not be too rigorously examined ; but the performance cannot be denied to be vigorous and elegant . Having yet no public employment , he obtained ( in 1699 ) a pension of three hundred pounds a year , that he might be enabled ...
... Praise must not be too rigorously examined ; but the performance cannot be denied to be vigorous and elegant . Having yet no public employment , he obtained ( in 1699 ) a pension of three hundred pounds a year , that he might be enabled ...
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... 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 decencies and inferior ...
... 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 decencies and inferior ...
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Samuel Johnson. written without connection ) certainly deserves praise for liveliness of description and justness of observation . Before the Tatler and Spectator , if the writers for the theatre are excepted , England had no masters of ...
Samuel Johnson. written without connection ) certainly deserves praise for liveliness of description and justness of observation . Before the Tatler and Spectator , if the writers for the theatre are excepted , England had no masters of ...
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