The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... tion he was elected into Magdalen College as a Demy , a term by which that fociety denomi nates those which are elsewhere called Scho- lars ; young men who partake of the foun der's benefaction , and fucceed in their order to vacant ...
... tion he was elected into Magdalen College as a Demy , a term by which that fociety denomi nates those which are elsewhere called Scho- lars ; young men who partake of the foun der's benefaction , and fucceed in their order to vacant ...
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... Tower , with a falary of three hundred pounds a - year . The office was little more than nominal , and the falary was augmented for his accommoda- tion . Interest Intereft and faction allow little to the ope ration of ADDISON . II.
... Tower , with a falary of three hundred pounds a - year . The office was little more than nominal , and the falary was augmented for his accommoda- tion . Interest Intereft and faction allow little to the ope ration of ADDISON . II.
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... tion , and free it from thorns and prickles , which teaze the paffer , though they do not wound him . For this purpose nothing is fo proper as the frequent publication of short papers , which we read not as ftudy but amusement . If the ...
... tion , and free it from thorns and prickles , which teaze the paffer , though they do not wound him . For this purpose nothing is fo proper as the frequent publication of short papers , which we read not as ftudy but amusement . If the ...
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... finished , which were fhewn to fuch as were likely to fpread their admira- tion . They were feen by Pope , and by Cib- ber ; who relates that Steele , when he took back C 3 back the copy , told him , in the defpicable ADDISON . 21.
... finished , which were fhewn to fuch as were likely to fpread their admira- tion . They were feen by Pope , and by Cib- ber ; who relates that Steele , when he took back C 3 back the copy , told him , in the defpicable ADDISON . 21.
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... now , with more efficacy , practifed for Cato . The danger was foon over . The whole na- tion was at that time on fire with faction . The • Spence . Whigs applauded every line in which Liberty was mentioned , Whigs ADDISON . 23.
... now , with more efficacy , practifed for Cato . The danger was foon over . The whole na- tion was at that time on fire with faction . The • Spence . Whigs applauded every line in which Liberty was mentioned , Whigs ADDISON . 23.
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