The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... he was in 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 .
... he was in 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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... himself . It is indeed not easy for any man to write upon literature , or common life , fo as not to make himself known to those with whom he familiarly converses , and who are acquainted with his track of study , his favou- rite ...
... himself . It is indeed not easy for any man to write upon literature , or common life , fo as not to make himself known to those with whom he familiarly converses , and who are acquainted with his track of study , his favou- rite ...
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... himself obliged , fays Tickell , by his duty on the one hand , and bis honour on the other , to fend it into the world without any dedication . Human happiness has always its abate- ments ; the brightest fun - fhine of fuccess is not ...
... himself obliged , fays Tickell , by his duty on the one hand , and bis honour on the other , to fend it into the world without any dedication . Human happiness has always its abate- ments ; the brightest fun - fhine of fuccess is not ...
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... himself . He therefore published a Narrative of the Madness of John Dennis ; a performance which left the objections to the play in their full force , and therefore discovered more defire of vexing the critick than of defending the poet ...
... himself . He therefore published a Narrative of the Madness of John Dennis ; a performance which left the objections to the play in their full force , and therefore discovered more defire of vexing the critick than of defending the poet ...
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... himself in a fhort time . In Tickell's excellent Elegy on his friend are these lines : He taught us how to live ; and , Oh ! too high The price of knowledge , taught us how to die . In which he alludes to this moving interview , as In ...
... himself in a fhort time . In Tickell's excellent Elegy on his friend are these lines : He taught us how to live ; and , Oh ! too high The price of knowledge , taught us how to die . In which he alludes to this moving interview , as In ...
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