Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 10
... 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 Cowley and of Dryden ...
... 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 Cowley and of Dryden ...
Page 12
... reader ; and the book , though awhile neglected , became in time so much the favourite of the public that before it was reprinted it rose to five times its price . When he returned to England ( in 1702 ) , with a mean- ness of ...
... reader ; and the book , though awhile neglected , became in time so much the favourite of the public that before it was reprinted it rose to five times its price . When he returned to England ( in 1702 ) , with a mean- ness of ...
Page 13
... readers would do him more justice , he published it with an inscription to the Duchess of Marlborough - a woman without skill , or pretensions to skill , in poetry or literature . His dedication was therefore an instance of servile ...
... readers would do him more justice , he published it with an inscription to the Duchess of Marlborough - a woman without skill , or pretensions to skill , in poetry or literature . His dedication was therefore an instance of servile ...
Page 19
... readers . : The next year ( 1713 ) , in which Cato came upon the stage , was the grand climacteric of Addison's reputation . Upon the death of Cato he had , as is said , planned a tragedy in the time of his travels , and had for several ...
... readers . : The next year ( 1713 ) , in which Cato came upon the stage , was the grand climacteric of Addison's reputation . Upon the death of Cato he had , as is said , planned a tragedy in the time of his travels , and had for several ...
Page 21
... reader than it was attacked by the acute malignity of Dennis with all the violence of angry criticism . Dennis , though equally zealous , and probably by his temper more furious than Addison , for what they called liberty , and though a ...
... reader than it was attacked by the acute malignity of Dennis with all the violence of angry criticism . Dennis , though equally zealous , and probably by his temper more furious than Addison , for what they called liberty , and though a ...
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