Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 16
... received him had he not worn the appearance of a friend . The tumult of those unhappy days left scarcely any man leisure to treasure up occasional compositions ; and so much were they neglected that a complete collection is nowhere to ...
... received him had he not worn the appearance of a friend . The tumult of those unhappy days left scarcely any man leisure to treasure up occasional compositions ; and so much were they neglected that a complete collection is nowhere to ...
Page 24
... received , as is confessed , with cold dis- approbation , he was probably less willing to claim it . Tickell omitted it in his collection ; but the testimony of Steele , and the totai silence of any other claimant , has determined the ...
... received , as is confessed , with cold dis- approbation , he was probably less willing to claim it . Tickell omitted it in his collection ; but the testimony of Steele , and the totai silence of any other claimant , has determined the ...
Page 31
... received with great kindness . The purpose for which the interview had been solicited was then discovered . Addison told him that he had injured him ; but that , if he recovered , he would recompense him . What the injury was he did not ...
... received with great kindness . The purpose for which the interview had been solicited was then discovered . Addison told him that he had injured him ; but that , if he recovered , he would recompense him . What the injury was he did not ...
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... received as a lover neither by the father nor by the daughter . Well , but let that pass . Syphax puts Sempronius out of pain immediately ; and , being a Nu- midian , abounding in wiles , supplies him with a stratagem for admission that ...
... received as a lover neither by the father nor by the daughter . Well , but let that pass . Syphax puts Sempronius out of pain immediately ; and , being a Nu- midian , abounding in wiles , supplies him with a stratagem for admission that ...
Page 67
... received and acted , yet it appeared so late in the year , that the author obtained no other advantage from it than the acquaintance of Sir Richard Steele and Mr. Wilks , by whom he was pitied , caressed , and relieved . • Sir Richard ...
... received and acted , yet it appeared so late in the year , that the author obtained no other advantage from it than the acquaintance of Sir Richard Steele and Mr. Wilks , by whom he was pitied , caressed , and relieved . • Sir Richard ...
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