The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... of his friend , probably without much purpose of repayment ; but Addifon , who seems to have had other notions of a hundred pounds , grew • Spence . B 2 impa- impatient of delay , and reclaimed his loan by an ADDISON . 3.
... of his friend , probably without much purpose of repayment ; but Addifon , who seems to have had other notions of a hundred pounds , grew • Spence . B 2 impa- impatient of delay , and reclaimed his loan by an ADDISON . 3.
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... seems to have increased his difpofition to feri- oufnefs : the proportion of his religious to his comick papers is greater than in the former series . The Spectator , from its recommencement , was published only three times a week , and ...
... seems to have increased his difpofition to feri- oufnefs : the proportion of his religious to his comick papers is greater than in the former series . The Spectator , from its recommencement , was published only three times a week , and ...
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... seems to have had small acquain- tance with the fciences , and to have read lit- tle except Latin and French ; but of the Latin poets his Dialogues on Medals fhew that he had perused the works with great diligence and fkill . The ...
... seems to have had small acquain- tance with the fciences , and to have read lit- tle except Latin and French ; but of the Latin poets his Dialogues on Medals fhew that he had perused the works with great diligence and fkill . The ...
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... seem to be his poems to Dry- den , to Somers , and to the King . His ode on St. Cecilia has been imitated by Pope , and has something in it of Dryden's vigour . Of his Account of the English Poets , he used to fpeak as a poor thing ...
... seem to be his poems to Dry- den , to Somers , and to the King . His ode on St. Cecilia has been imitated by Pope , and has something in it of Dryden's vigour . Of his Account of the English Poets , he used to fpeak as a poor thing ...
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... seems . СС " ( But how to gain admiffion ? for access " Is giv'n to none , but Juba and her bro- " thers . But , raillery apart , why accefs to Juba ? for he was owned and received as a lover " neither " " neither by the father nor by ...
... seems . СС " ( But how to gain admiffion ? for access " Is giv'n to none , but Juba and her bro- " thers . But , raillery apart , why accefs to Juba ? for he was owned and received as a lover " neither " " neither by the father nor by ...
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