The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... reader , and often from himself . In his twenty - fecond year he first shewed his power of English poetry , by fome verfes addreffed to Dryden ; and foon afterwards published a tranflation of the greater part of the Fourth Georgick upon ...
... reader , and often from himself . In his twenty - fecond year he first shewed his power of English poetry , by fome verfes addreffed to Dryden ; and foon afterwards published a tranflation of the greater part of the Fourth Georgick upon ...
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... reader , that about this time he was introduced by Congreve to Montague , then Chancellor of the Exchequer : Addison was then learning the trade of a courtier , and fub- • Spence . joined Montague as a poetical name to those of Cowley ...
... reader , that about this time he was introduced by Congreve to Montague , then Chancellor of the Exchequer : Addison was then learning the trade of a courtier , and fub- • Spence . joined Montague as a poetical name to those of Cowley ...
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... reader ; and the book , though a while neglected , became in time fo much the favourite of the public , that before it was reprinted it rose to five times its price . When he returned to England ( in 1702 ) , with a meanness of ...
... reader ; and the book , though a while neglected , became in time fo much the favourite of the public , that before it was reprinted it rose to five times its price . When he returned to England ( in 1702 ) , with a meanness of ...
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... readers would do him more juftice , he published it , with an infcription to the dut- chefs of Marlborough ; a woman without skill , or pretenfions to fkill , in poetry or literature . His dedication was therefore an inftance of fervile ...
... readers would do him more juftice , he published it , with an infcription to the dut- chefs of Marlborough ; a woman without skill , or pretenfions to fkill , in poetry or literature . His dedication was therefore an inftance of fervile ...
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... readers . The next year ( 1713 ) , in which Cato came upon the stage , was the grand climacterick of Addison's reputation . Upon the death of Ca- to , he had , as is faid , planned a tragedy in the time of his travels , and had for ...
... readers . The next year ( 1713 ) , in which Cato came upon the stage , was the grand climacterick of Addison's reputation . Upon the death of Ca- to , he had , as is faid , planned a tragedy in the time of his travels , and had for ...
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