The lives of the most eminent English poetsJ. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
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Page 30
... common life ; the diction is exquifitely harmonious , and foft or fpritely as occafion requires . The character of Lothario feems to have been ex- panded by Richardfon into Lovelace , but he has ex- celled his original in the moral ...
... common life ; the diction is exquifitely harmonious , and foft or fpritely as occafion requires . The character of Lothario feems to have been ex- panded by Richardfon into Lovelace , but he has ex- celled his original in the moral ...
Page 38
... common friend , " knowing this , took an opportunity , at fome junc- " ture of Mr. Addison's advancement , to tell him how poor Rowe was grieved at his difpleafure , and what " fatisfaction he expreffed at Mr. Addifon's good for- " tune ...
... common friend , " knowing this , took an opportunity , at fome junc- " ture of Mr. Addison's advancement , to tell him how poor Rowe was grieved at his difpleafure , and what " fatisfaction he expreffed at Mr. Addifon's good for- " tune ...
Page 50
... inferting a remark on Virgil , which Addison had given him , he discovered himself . It is indeed not eafy for any inan to write upon literature , or common life , fo as not hot to make himself known to thofe with whom he 50 ADDISON .
... inferting a remark on Virgil , which Addison had given him , he discovered himself . It is indeed not eafy for any inan to write upon literature , or common life , fo as not hot to make himself known to thofe with whom he 50 ADDISON .
Page 52
... common life . No writers had yet undertaken to re- form either the favagenefs of neglect , or the imper- tinence of civility ; to fhew when to fpeak , or to be lent ; how to refufe , or how to comply . We had many many books to teach us ...
... common life . No writers had yet undertaken to re- form either the favagenefs of neglect , or the imper- tinence of civility ; to fhew when to fpeak , or to be lent ; how to refufe , or how to comply . We had many many books to teach us ...
Page 65
... common ftyle of business , and valued himself upon having done what was too hard for Addifon . He was better qualified for the Frecholder , a paper which he published twice a week , from Dec. 23 , 1715 , to the middle of the next year ...
... common ftyle of business , and valued himself upon having done what was too hard for Addifon . He was better qualified for the Frecholder , a paper which he published twice a week , from Dec. 23 , 1715 , to the middle of the next year ...
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