The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... should in time be rectified ; and that if a man could be found capable of the task then propofed , he should not want an ample recompence . Halifax then named Ad- difon ; but required that the Treasurer should apply to him in his own ...
... should in time be rectified ; and that if a man could be found capable of the task then propofed , he should not want an ample recompence . Halifax then named Ad- difon ; but required that the Treasurer should apply to him in his own ...
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... should furvey the track of daily converfa- tion , and free it from thorns and prickles , which teaze the paffer , though they do not wound him . For this purpose nothing is fo proper as the frequent publication of short papers , which ...
... should furvey the track of daily converfa- tion , and free it from thorns and prickles , which teaze the paffer , though they do not wound him . For this purpose nothing is fo proper as the frequent publication of short papers , which ...
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... should be thought a promoter of infurrection , and the line was liquidated to Britons , attend . Now , heavily in clouds , came on the day , the great , the important day , when Addison was to ftand the hazard of the theatre . That ...
... should be thought a promoter of infurrection , and the line was liquidated to Britons , attend . Now , heavily in clouds , came on the day , the great , the important day , when Addison was to ftand the hazard of the theatre . That ...
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... should have the confequences of his officioufnefs to himself , informed Dennis by Steele , that he was forry for the infult ; and that whenever he should think fit to answer his remarks , he would do it in a manner to which nothing ...
... should have the confequences of his officioufnefs to himself , informed Dennis by Steele , that he was forry for the infult ; and that whenever he should think fit to answer his remarks , he would do it in a manner to which nothing ...
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... should have been ill received would raise wonder , did we not daily fee the capricious distribution of the- atrical praise . He was not all this time an indifferent fpec- tator of publick affairs . He wrote , as differ- ent exigencies ...
... should have been ill received would raise wonder , did we not daily fee the capricious distribution of the- atrical praise . He was not all this time an indifferent fpec- tator of publick affairs . He wrote , as differ- ent exigencies ...
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