Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 8
... treated with obsequiousness . Addison , who knew his own dignity , could not always forbear to show it , by playing a little upon his admirer ; but he was in no danger of retort ; his jests were endured without resistance or resentment ...
... treated with obsequiousness . Addison , who knew his own dignity , could not always forbear to show it , by playing a little upon his admirer ; but he was in no danger of retort ; his jests were endured without resistance or resentment ...
Page 27
... treat with very little ceremony the tutor of her son . Rowe's ballad of the " Despairing Shepherd " is said to have been written , either before or after marriage , upon this memorable pair ; and it is certain that Addison has left ...
... treat with very little ceremony the tutor of her son . Rowe's ballad of the " Despairing Shepherd " is said to have been written , either before or after marriage , upon this memorable pair ; and it is certain that Addison has left ...
Page 62
... treat with great tenderness the child that had contributed to so pleasing an event . It is not indeed easy to discover what motives could be found to overbalance that natural affection of a parent , or what interest could be promoted by ...
... treat with great tenderness the child that had contributed to so pleasing an event . It is not indeed easy to discover what motives could be found to overbalance that natural affection of a parent , or what interest could be promoted by ...
Page 65
... treated him as her own son , died ; and it was natural for him to take care of those effects which by her death were , as he imagined , become his own : he therefore went to her house , opened her boxes , and examined her papers , among ...
... treated him as her own son , died ; and it was natural for him to take care of those effects which by her death were , as he imagined , become his own : he therefore went to her house , opened her boxes , and examined her papers , among ...
Page 77
... treated with some distinction , exempted from the ignominy of chains , and confined , rot among the common criminals , but in the Press yard . When the day of trial came , the court was crowded in a very unusual manner , and the public ...
... treated with some distinction , exempted from the ignominy of chains , and confined , rot among the common criminals , but in the Press yard . When the day of trial came , the court was crowded in a very unusual manner , and the public ...
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