Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 15
... sufficiently attested by the translations which almost all the nations of Europe were in haste to obtain . This species of instruction was continued , and perhaps advanced , by the French ; among whom La Bruyère's " Manners of the Age ...
... sufficiently attested by the translations which almost all the nations of Europe were in haste to obtain . This species of instruction was continued , and perhaps advanced , by the French ; among whom La Bruyère's " Manners of the Age ...
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... sufficient to expose it to the censure of a British audience . The time , however , was now come when those who affected to think liberty in danger affected likewise to think that a stage - play might preserve it ; and Addison was ...
... sufficient to expose it to the censure of a British audience . The time , however , was now come when those who affected to think liberty in danger affected likewise to think that a stage - play might preserve it ; and Addison was ...
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... sufficiently disposed to bar all avenues against all danger . When Pope brought him the prologue , which is properly accommodated to the play , there were these words , " Britains , arise ! be worth like this approved ; " meaning ...
... sufficiently disposed to bar all avenues against all danger . When Pope brought him the prologue , which is properly accommodated to the play , there were these words , " Britains , arise ! be worth like this approved ; " meaning ...
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... sufficient testimony that the resentment of party has transmitted no charge of any crime . He was not one of those who are praised only after death ; for his merit was so generally acknowledged that Swift , having observed that his ...
... sufficient testimony that the resentment of party has transmitted no charge of any crime . He was not one of those who are praised only after death ; for his merit was so generally acknowledged that Swift , having observed that his ...
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... sufficiently vigorous to attain excellence . He has sometimes a striking line , or a shining paragraph ; but in the whole he is warm rather than fervid , and shows more dexterity than strength . He was , however , one of our earliest ...
... sufficiently vigorous to attain excellence . He has sometimes a striking line , or a shining paragraph ; but in the whole he is warm rather than fervid , and shows more dexterity than strength . He was , however , one of our earliest ...
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