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... , DUKE , KING , SPRAT , HALIFAX , PARNELL , GARTH , Rowe , ADDISON , HUGHES , 1 i . 1 P. I 222 263 266 273 283 291 298 307 327 431 440 SHEFFIELD , DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM- SHIRE , BRITISH MUSEUM DRYDEN . Ο F the great poet whofe [ i ] -
... , DUKE , KING , SPRAT , HALIFAX , PARNELL , GARTH , Rowe , ADDISON , HUGHES , 1 i . 1 P. I 222 263 266 273 283 291 298 307 327 431 440 SHEFFIELD , DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM- SHIRE , BRITISH MUSEUM DRYDEN . Ο F the great poet whofe [ i ] -
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... Addison a model for his Dialogues upon Medals . 3 Secret Love , or the Maiden Queen ( 1668 ) , is a tragi - comedy . In the preface he dif- cuffes a curious queftion , whether a poet can b . can judge well of his own productions ? 12 ...
... Addison a model for his Dialogues upon Medals . 3 Secret Love , or the Maiden Queen ( 1668 ) , is a tragi - comedy . In the preface he dif- cuffes a curious queftion , whether a poet can b . can judge well of his own productions ? 12 ...
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... Addison has attempted to derive from the delight which the mind feels in the investigation of fecrets ; and thinks that curiofity to decy- pher the names procured readers to the poem . There is no need to enquire why those verses were ...
... Addison has attempted to derive from the delight which the mind feels in the investigation of fecrets ; and thinks that curiofity to decy- pher the names procured readers to the poem . There is no need to enquire why those verses were ...
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... Addison espoused his interest , with all the elegant judgement and diffusive good - nature for which that accomplished gentleman and author is fo juftly valued by mankind . But as to Phædra , fhe has cer- tainly made a finer figure ...
... Addison espoused his interest , with all the elegant judgement and diffusive good - nature for which that accomplished gentleman and author is fo juftly valued by mankind . But as to Phædra , fhe has cer- tainly made a finer figure ...
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... Addison is great ; yet the voice of the peo- ple , when to please the people is the purpose , deferves regard . In this question , I cannot but think the people in . the right . The fable is mythological , a ftory which we are ...
... Addison is great ; yet the voice of the peo- ple , when to please the people is the purpose , deferves regard . In this question , I cannot but think the people in . the right . The fable is mythological , a ftory which we are ...
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