The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... 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 there might , however , be left as little to hazard as was ...
... 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 there might , however , be left as little to hazard as was ...
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And a Criticism of Their Works Samuel Johnson. Whigs applauded every line in which Liberty was mentioned , as a fatire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every clap , to shew that the fatire was unfelt , The story of Bolingbroke is ...
And a Criticism of Their Works Samuel Johnson. Whigs applauded every line in which Liberty was mentioned , as a fatire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every clap , to shew that the fatire was unfelt , The story of Bolingbroke is ...
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... friend ; but contented him- felf with quoting fome lines of Cato , which were at once detection and reproof . The bill was laid afide during that feffion , and Addison died before the next , in which its commit- ment died 38 ADD ISO N.
... friend ; but contented him- felf with quoting fome lines of Cato , which were at once detection and reproof . The bill was laid afide during that feffion , and Addison died before the next , in which its commit- ment died 38 ADD ISO N.
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... . 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 ADDISON . 41.
... . 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 ADDISON . 41.
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... line of Cato is Pope's , having been originally written And , Oh ! ' twas this that ended Cato's life . Pope might have made more objections to the fix concluding lines . In the first couplet , the words from hence are improper ; and ...
... line of Cato is Pope's , having been originally written And , Oh ! ' twas this that ended Cato's life . Pope might have made more objections to the fix concluding lines . In the first couplet , the words from hence are improper ; and ...
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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