Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... studies under the care of Dr. Ellis , and con- tracted that intimacy with Sir Richard Steele which their joint labours have so effectually recorded . Of this memorable friendship the greater praise must be given to Steele . It is not ...
... studies under the care of Dr. Ellis , and con- tracted that intimacy with Sir Richard Steele which their joint labours have so effectually recorded . Of this memorable friendship the greater praise must be given to Steele . It is not ...
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... studies , which he now reviewed and completed : among these are named by Tickell the Essays on Wit , those on the Pleasures of the Imagination , and the Criticism on Milton . When the House of Hanover took possession of the throne , it ...
... studies , which he now reviewed and completed : among these are named by Tickell the Essays on Wit , those on the Pleasures of the Imagination , and the Criticism on Milton . When the House of Hanover took possession of the throne , it ...
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... It came too late to be of use , so I inspected it but slightly , and remember it indistinctly . I thought the passages too short . Addison , however , did not conclude his life in peaceful studies 28 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... It came too late to be of use , so I inspected it but slightly , and remember it indistinctly . I thought the passages too short . Addison , however , did not conclude his life in peaceful studies 28 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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Samuel Johnson. however , did not conclude his life in peaceful studies , but relapsed , when he was near his end , to a political dispute . It so happened that ( 1718-19 ) a controversy was agitated with great vehemence ... studies...
Samuel Johnson. however , did not conclude his life in peaceful studies , but relapsed , when he was near his end , to a political dispute . It so happened that ( 1718-19 ) a controversy was agitated with great vehemence ... studies...
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... studies with less interruption , with an intent to discharge another lodging which he had in Westminster ; and accidentally meeting two gentlemen , his acquaint- ances , whose names were Merchant and Gregory , he went in with them to a ...
... studies with less interruption , with an intent to discharge another lodging which he had in Westminster ; and accidentally meeting two gentlemen , his acquaint- ances , whose names were Merchant and Gregory , he went in with them to a ...
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