Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... reason to believe that little time was lost . But he remained not long neglected or useless . The victory at Blenheim ( 1704 ) spread triumph and confidence over the nation ; and Lord Godolphin , lamenting to Lord Halifax that it had ...
... reason to believe that little time was lost . But he remained not long neglected or useless . The victory at Blenheim ( 1704 ) spread triumph and confidence over the nation ; and Lord Godolphin , lamenting to Lord Halifax that it had ...
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... reason which induced Cervantes to bring his hero to the grave , para mi sola nacio Don Quixote , y yo para el , made Addison declare , with undue vehemence of expression , that he would kill Sir Roger ; being of opinion that they were ...
... reason which induced Cervantes to bring his hero to the grave , para mi sola nacio Don Quixote , y yo para el , made Addison declare , with undue vehemence of expression , that he would kill Sir Roger ; being of opinion that they were ...
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... his own inability , was forced to solicit his dismission , with a pension of fifteen hundred pounds a year . His friends palliated this relinquishment , of which both friends and enemies knew the true reason ADDISON . 27.
... his own inability , was forced to solicit his dismission , with a pension of fifteen hundred pounds a year . His friends palliated this relinquishment , of which both friends and enemies knew the true reason ADDISON . 27.
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Samuel Johnson. of which both friends and enemies knew the true reason , with an account of declining health , and the necessity of recess and quiet . He now returned to his vocation , and began to plan literary occupations for his ...
Samuel Johnson. of which both friends and enemies knew the true reason , with an account of declining health , and the necessity of recess and quiet . He now returned to his vocation , and began to plan literary occupations for his ...
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... reason - the fact was too recent , and those who had been heated in the contention were not yet cool . The necessity of complying with times , and of sparing persons , is the great impediment of biography . History may be formed from ...
... reason - the fact was too recent , and those who had been heated in the contention were not yet cool . The necessity of complying with times , and of sparing persons , is the great impediment of biography . History may be formed from ...
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