Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... which nothing is mean because nothing is familiar , affords great conveniences ; and by the sonorous mag- nificence of Roman syllables , the writer conceals penury of thought , and want of novelty , often from ADDISON . 9.
... which nothing is mean because nothing is familiar , affords great conveniences ; and by the sonorous mag- nificence of Roman syllables , the writer conceals penury of thought , and want of novelty , often from ADDISON . 9.
Page 10
... writer of verses ; as is shown by his version of a small part of Virgil's Georgics , published in the Miscellanies ; and a Latin encomium on Queen Mary , in the " Musę Angli- canę . " These verses exhibit all the fondness of friendship ...
... writer of verses ; as is shown by his version of a small part of Virgil's Georgics , published in the Miscellanies ; and a Latin encomium on Queen Mary , in the " Musę Angli- canę . " These verses exhibit all the fondness of friendship ...
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... write his " Dialogues on Medals , " and four acts of Cato . Such , at least , is the relation of Tickell . Perhaps he only collected his materials and formed his plan . Whatever were his other employments in Italy , he there wrote the ...
... write his " Dialogues on Medals , " and four acts of Cato . Such , at least , is the relation of Tickell . Perhaps he only collected his materials and formed his plan . Whatever were his other employments in Italy , he there wrote the ...
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... write upon literature or common life so as not to make himself known to those with whom he familiarly converses , and who are acquainted with his track of study , his favourite topic , his peculiar notions , and his habitual phrases ...
... write upon literature or common life so as not to make himself known to those with whom he familiarly converses , and who are acquainted with his track of study , his favourite topic , his peculiar notions , and his habitual phrases ...
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... write it . Of those portraits which may be supposed to be sometimes cm- bellished , and sometimes aggravated , the originals are now partly known , and partly forgotten . But to say that they united the plans of two or three eminent ...
... write it . Of those portraits which may be supposed to be sometimes cm- bellished , and sometimes aggravated , the originals are now partly known , and partly forgotten . But to say that they united the plans of two or three eminent ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards allowed appeared calamities Cato censure character Chevy Chase conduct considered contempt conversation criticism death declared Delany discovered distress elegance endeavoured expected favour fortune friends friendship genius Georgic honour imagined Ireland Juba Juba's justly kindness knew letter likewise lived lodging London Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax Lord Tyrconnel mankind manner mentioned merit mind misery misfortunes mother nature neglect never obliged observed occasion once opinion Orrery pamphlet panegyric paper passion pension performance perhaps person pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical Pope pounds praise procured promise published queen reader reason received regard reputation resentment resolution retired Richard Savage Savage Savage's says scrupulosity Sempronius sentiments Sir Richard Sir Richard Steele Sir Robert Walpole Sir Thomas Overbury solicited sometimes soon Spectator Steele suffered sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler tenderness thought Tickell tion told tragedy verses virtue Whigs write wrote