Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 13
... sentiments we cannot know . Addison must , however , not be too hastily condemned . It is not necessary to refuse benefits from a bad man when the acceptance implies no approbation of his crimes ; nor has the subordinate officer any ...
... sentiments we cannot know . Addison must , however , not be too hastily condemned . It is not necessary to refuse benefits from a bad man when the acceptance implies no approbation of his crimes ; nor has the subordinate officer any ...
Page 15
... sentiments— such as literature , morality , and familiar life . To this practice they adhered with few deviations . The ardour of Steele once broke out in praise of Marlborough ; and when Dr. Fleetwood prefixed to some sermons a preface ...
... sentiments— such as literature , morality , and familiar life . To this practice they adhered with few deviations . The ardour of Steele once broke out in praise of Marlborough ; and when Dr. Fleetwood prefixed to some sermons a preface ...
Page 28
... sentiments , or elegance in the language . He engaged in a nobler work , a Defence of the Christian Religion , " of which part was published after his death ; and he designed to have made a new poetical version of the Psalms . 66 These ...
... sentiments , or elegance in the language . He engaged in a nobler work , a Defence of the Christian Religion , " of which part was published after his death ; and he designed to have made a new poetical version of the Psalms . 66 These ...
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... sentiments ; his wit always could suggest what the occasion demanded . He had read with critical eyes the important volume of human life , and knew the heart of man , from the depths of stratagem to the surface of af- fectation . What ...
... sentiments ; his wit always could suggest what the occasion demanded . He had read with critical eyes the important volume of human life , and knew the heart of man , from the depths of stratagem to the surface of af- fectation . What ...
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... him " an indifferent poet , and a worse critic . " His poetry is first to be considered ; of which it must be confessed that it has not often those felicities of diction which give lustre to sentiments , or ADDISON . 37.
... him " an indifferent poet , and a worse critic . " His poetry is first to be considered ; of which it must be confessed that it has not often those felicities of diction which give lustre to sentiments , or ADDISON . 37.
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