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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... never discovered , After this , he paffed his days in the quiet exercise of his function . When the cause of Sacheverell put the publick in commotion , he honeftly appeared among the friends of the church . He lived to his feventy ...
... never discovered , After this , he paffed his days in the quiet exercise of his function . When the cause of Sacheverell put the publick in commotion , he honeftly appeared among the friends of the church . He lived to his feventy ...
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... never wrote in diftrefs , and therefore does not appear to have ever written in hafte . His works were finished to his own approbation , and bear few marks of negligence or hurry . It is remarkable that his prologues and epi- logues are ...
... never wrote in diftrefs , and therefore does not appear to have ever written in hafte . His works were finished to his own approbation , and bear few marks of negligence or hurry . It is remarkable that his prologues and epi- logues are ...
Page 36
... never so pleased as when Mr. Rowe " was in his company . After the duke's death , all " avenues were flopped to his preferment ; and during " the rest of that reign , he paffed his time with the " Mufes and his books , and fometimes the ...
... never so pleased as when Mr. Rowe " was in his company . After the duke's death , all " avenues were flopped to his preferment ; and during " the rest of that reign , he paffed his time with the " Mufes and his books , and fometimes the ...
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... be feared ; and Addison never confi- dered Steele as a rival ; but Steele lived , as he con- feffes , under an habitual fubjection to the predominat- ing genius of Addifon , whom he always mentioned with 3 ing 42 ADDISON .
... be feared ; and Addison never confi- dered Steele as a rival ; but Steele lived , as he con- feffes , under an habitual fubjection to the predominat- ing genius of Addifon , whom he always mentioned with 3 ing 42 ADDISON .
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... never do it any injury but by withholding Addifon from it . Soon after ( in 1695 ) he wrote a poem to king Wil- liam , with a rhyming introduction addreffed to lord Somers . King William had no regard to elegance or literature ; his ...
... never do it any injury but by withholding Addifon from it . Soon after ( in 1695 ) he wrote a poem to king Wil- liam , with a rhyming introduction addreffed to lord Somers . King William had no regard to elegance or literature ; his ...
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