The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... must be given to Steele . It is not hard to love thofe from whom nothing can be feared , and Addifon never confidered Steele as a rival ; but Steele lived , as he confeffes , under an habitual fubjection to the predomi- nating genius of ...
... must be given to Steele . It is not hard to love thofe from whom nothing can be feared , and Addifon never confidered Steele as a rival ; but Steele lived , as he confeffes , under an habitual fubjection to the predomi- nating genius of ...
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... Smith the best Latin poem fince the Æneid . Praise must not be too rigorously examined ; but the performance cannot be denied to be vigorous and elegant . Having yet no public employment , he ob- tained ( Having ADDISON . 7.
... Smith the best Latin poem fince the Æneid . Praise must not be too rigorously examined ; but the performance cannot be denied to be vigorous and elegant . Having yet no public employment , he ob- tained ( Having ADDISON . 7.
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... must however not be too hastily condemned . It is neceffary to refuse benefits from a bad man , when the acceptance implies no approbation of his crimes ; nor has the fubordinate officer any obligation to examine the opinions or conduct ...
... must however not be too hastily condemned . It is neceffary to refuse benefits from a bad man , when the acceptance implies no approbation of his crimes ; nor has the fubordinate officer any obligation to examine the opinions or conduct ...
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... must guess . Addison was , I believe , fufficiently disposed to bar all avenues against all danger . When Pope brought him the prologue , which is pro- perly accommodated to the play , there were these words , Britons , arife , be worth ...
... must guess . Addison was , I believe , fufficiently disposed to bar all avenues against all danger . When Pope brought him the prologue , which is pro- perly accommodated to the play , there were these words , Britons , arife , be worth ...
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... must wish for more of the Whig Examiners ; for on no occafion was the genius of Addison more vigorously exerted , and on none did the fuperiority of his wit more evidently appear . His Trial of Count Tariff , written to expose the ...
... must wish for more of the Whig Examiners ; for on no occafion was the genius of Addison more vigorously exerted , and on none did the fuperiority of his wit more evidently appear . His Trial of Count Tariff , written to expose the ...
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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