Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... play meets with ; but the generosity of all the persons of a refined taste about town was remarkable on this occasion ; and it must not be forgotten how zealously Mr. Addison espoused his interest ' , with all the elegant judgement and ...
... play meets with ; but the generosity of all the persons of a refined taste about town was remarkable on this occasion ; and it must not be forgotten how zealously Mr. Addison espoused his interest ' , with all the elegant judgement and ...
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... play pleased the criticks , and the criticks only . It was , as Addison has recorded , hardly heard the third night 3. Smith had indeed trusted entirely to his merit ; had ensured no band of applauders , nor used any artifice to force ...
... play pleased the criticks , and the criticks only . It was , as Addison has recorded , hardly heard the third night 3. Smith had indeed trusted entirely to his merit ; had ensured no band of applauders , nor used any artifice to force ...
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... play , such as may please the reader rather than the spectator ; the work of a vigorous and elegant mind , accustomed to please itself with its own conceptions , but of little acquaintance with the course of life . Dennis tells , in one ...
... play , such as may please the reader rather than the spectator ; the work of a vigorous and elegant mind , accustomed to please itself with its own conceptions , but of little acquaintance with the course of life . Dennis tells , in one ...
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... play a prologue from Addison and an epilogue from Prior3 , and who could have at once the patronage of Halifax and the praise of Oldisworth . For the power of communicating these minute memorials I am indebted to my conversation with ...
... play a prologue from Addison and an epilogue from Prior3 , and who could have at once the patronage of Halifax and the praise of Oldisworth . For the power of communicating these minute memorials I am indebted to my conversation with ...
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... play . ' Lord Keeper North , who died in 1685 , refused to join the Society , because he esteemed it a species of vanity for one , as he was , of a grave profession to list himself of a Society which , at that time , was made very free ...
... play . ' Lord Keeper North , who died in 1685 , refused to join the Society , because he esteemed it a species of vanity for one , as he was , of a grave profession to list himself of a Society which , at that time , was made very free ...
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