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Samuel Johnson. From THE LIFE OF JOSEPH ADDISON ( 1672-1719 ) ADDISON AS CRITIC AND ESSAYIST Addison is now to be considered as a critic ; a name which the present generation is scarcely willing to allow him . His criticism is condemned ...
Samuel Johnson. From THE LIFE OF JOSEPH ADDISON ( 1672-1719 ) ADDISON AS CRITIC AND ESSAYIST Addison is now to be considered as a critic ; a name which the present generation is scarcely willing to allow him . His criticism is condemned ...
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... Addison affected a contemptuous unconcern , and , in a calm , even voice , reproached Pope with his vanity , and telling him of the improvements which his early works had received from his own remarks and those of Steele , said that he ...
... Addison affected a contemptuous unconcern , and , in a calm , even voice , reproached Pope with his vanity , and telling him of the improvements which his early works had received from his own remarks and those of Steele , said that he ...
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... Addison ; that his jealous temper would never admit of a settled friendship between us : and , to convince me of what he had said , assured me that Addison had en- couraged Gildon to publish those scandals , and had given him ten ...
... Addison ; that his jealous temper would never admit of a settled friendship between us : and , to convince me of what he had said , assured me that Addison had en- couraged Gildon to publish those scandals , and had given him ten ...
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From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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