The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... last century , by which the boys , when the periodical vacation drew near , growing petulant at the approach of liberty , fome days before the time of regular recefs , took poffeffion of the fchool , of which they barred the doors , and ...
... last century , by which the boys , when the periodical vacation drew near , growing petulant at the approach of liberty , fome days before the time of regular recefs , took poffeffion of the fchool , of which they barred the doors , and ...
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... last paper , and of the Spectator by Budgell in the Pre- face to Theophraftus ; a book which Addison has recommended , and which he was fufpec- ted to have revised , if he did not write it . Of those portraits , which may be supposed to ...
... last paper , and of the Spectator by Budgell in the Pre- face to Theophraftus ; a book which Addison has recommended , and which he was fufpec- ted to have revised , if he did not write it . Of those portraits , which may be supposed to ...
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... an hofpi- tal for idle people ; but at last he buys land , fettles in the country , and builds not a ma- nufactory , but an hospital for twelve old huf- bandmen , bandmen , for men with whom a merchant has little 20 ADDISON .
... an hofpi- tal for idle people ; but at last he buys land , fettles in the country , and builds not a ma- nufactory , but an hospital for twelve old huf- bandmen , bandmen , for men with whom a merchant has little 20 ADDISON .
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... last number to produce more than twenty pounds a week , and therefore stated at one and twenty pounds , or three pounds ten fhillings a day : this , at a half- penny a paper , will give fixteen hundred and eighty for the daily number ...
... last number to produce more than twenty pounds a week , and therefore stated at one and twenty pounds , or three pounds ten fhillings a day : this , at a half- penny a paper , will give fixteen hundred and eighty for the daily number ...
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... last night Steele , as him- self relates , undertook to pack an audience . This , says Pope * , had been tried for the first time in favour of the Diftreft Mother ; and was now , with more efficacy , practifed for Cato . The danger was ...
... last night Steele , as him- self relates , undertook to pack an audience . This , says Pope * , had been tried for the first time in favour of the Diftreft Mother ; and was now , with more efficacy , practifed for Cato . The danger was ...
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Addiſon afterwards againſt almoſt anſwer appear aſked becauſe beſt Cato cenfure character compofitions confidered converfation criticiſm critick defign defire diſcovered Dryden Dunciad eaſily eaſy Effay elegance Engliſh epitaph faid fame fatire fays feems fent fentiments fhall fhew fince firft firſt folicited fome fomething fometimes foon friends friendſhip ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficiently fupply fuppofed furely himſelf honour houſe Iliad intereft kindneſs king laft laſt leaſt lefs likewife Lord maſter ment mind moſt Mufe muſt nature neceffary never numbers obferved occafion paffages paffed paffion perfonal perhaps pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praiſe prefent profe publick publiſhed purpoſe racter raiſe reader reaſon ſay ſcene ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſtage ſtate Steele ſtudy ſuch ſuppoſed Swift Syphax Tatler themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought thouſand Tickell tion tranflation uſed verfe verfion verſes Whigs whofe whoſe write written wrote