The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... SECOND VOLUME . Page ADdifon I Blackmore 89 Sheffield 115 Granville 127 Rowe 157 Tickell 175 Congreve Fenton Prior Pope Swift 231 267 439 199 221 247604 ADDISON . JOSEPH ADDISON was born on the firft of AUG 2 3 1974 CONTENTS.
... SECOND VOLUME . Page ADdifon I Blackmore 89 Sheffield 115 Granville 127 Rowe 157 Tickell 175 Congreve Fenton Prior Pope Swift 231 267 439 199 221 247604 ADDISON . JOSEPH ADDISON was born on the firft of AUG 2 3 1974 CONTENTS.
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... Swift informs us , diftreffed by indigence , and compelled to become the tutor of a travelling Squire . At his return he published his Travels , with a dedication to Lord Somers . As his stay in foreign countries was fhort , his ...
... Swift informs us , diftreffed by indigence , and compelled to become the tutor of a travelling Squire . At his return he published his Travels , with a dedication to Lord Somers . As his stay in foreign countries was fhort , his ...
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... office , he made a law to himself , as Swift has recorded , never to remit his regular fees in civility to his friends : " For , “ said he , I may have a hundred friends ; and , cc " if my fee be two guineas , I " if 12 ADDISON .
... office , he made a law to himself , as Swift has recorded , never to remit his regular fees in civility to his friends : " For , “ said he , I may have a hundred friends ; and , cc " if my fee be two guineas , I " if 12 ADDISON .
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... Swift be credited , was likely to grow lefs ; for he de- clares that the Spectator , whom he ridicules for his endless mention of the fair fex , had be- fore his recefs wearied his readers . The next year ( 1713 ) , in which Cato came ...
... Swift be credited , was likely to grow lefs ; for he de- clares that the Spectator , whom he ridicules for his endless mention of the fair fex , had be- fore his recefs wearied his readers . The next year ( 1713 ) , in which Cato came ...
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... This cannot be faid of the few papers entitled The Whig Ex- aminer , in which is exhibited all the force of malevolence and humorous fatire . Of gay this paper , which just appeared and expired , Swift this ADD 1 SON . 29.
... This cannot be faid of the few papers entitled The Whig Ex- aminer , in which is exhibited all the force of malevolence and humorous fatire . Of gay this paper , which just appeared and expired , Swift this ADD 1 SON . 29.
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