The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... . The ardour of Steele once broke out in praise of Marlbo- rough ; and when Dr. Fleetwood prefixed to fome fermons a preface , overflowing with · whiggifh whiggish opinions , that it might be read by the 14 A DD IS ON .
... . The ardour of Steele once broke out in praise of Marlbo- rough ; and when Dr. Fleetwood prefixed to fome fermons a preface , overflowing with · whiggifh whiggish opinions , that it might be read by the 14 A DD IS ON .
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... once heard it obferved , that the fale may be calculated by the product of the tax , related in the last number to produce more than twenty pounds a week , and therefore stated at one and twenty pounds , or three pounds ten fhillings a ...
... once heard it obferved , that the fale may be calculated by the product of the tax , related in the last number to produce more than twenty pounds a week , and therefore stated at one and twenty pounds , or three pounds ten fhillings a ...
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... once blazed into faction . He was foon too hot for neutral topicks , and quitted the Guardian to write the Englishman . The papers of Addison are marked in the Spectator by one of the letters in the name of Clio , and in the Guardian by ...
... once blazed into faction . He was foon too hot for neutral topicks , and quitted the Guardian to write the Englishman . The papers of Addison are marked in the Spectator by one of the letters in the name of Clio , and in the Guardian by ...
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... once inflamed the nation are read only as effufions of wit , 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 ...
... once inflamed the nation are read only as effufions of wit , 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 ...
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... once , to produce a majority of To- ries in the last reign ; an act of authority vio- lent enough , yet certainly legal , and by no means to be compared with that contempt of national right , with which fome time after- wards , by the ...
... once , to produce a majority of To- ries in the last reign ; an act of authority vio- lent enough , yet certainly legal , and by no means to be compared with that contempt of national right , with which fome time after- wards , by the ...
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