Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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... Addison never considered Steele as a rival ; but Steele lived , as he .confesses , under an habitual subjection to the pre- dominating genius of Addison , whom he always mentioned with reverence , and treated with obsequi- ousness . Addison ...
... Addison never considered Steele as a rival ; but Steele lived , as he .confesses , under an habitual subjection to the pre- dominating genius of Addison , whom he always mentioned with reverence , and treated with obsequi- ousness . Addison ...
Page 433
... Addison , who was so over- whelmed with the greatness of the event , and so dis- tracted by choice of expression , that the lords , who could not wait for the niceties of criticism , called Mr. Southwell , a clerk in the house , and ...
... Addison , who was so over- whelmed with the greatness of the event , and so dis- tracted by choice of expression , that the lords , who could not wait for the niceties of criticism , called Mr. Southwell , a clerk in the house , and ...
Page 442
... Addison , kept a coffee - house on the south - side of Russel - street , about two doors from Covent- garden . Here it was that the wits of that time used to assemble . It is said , when Addison had suffered any vexation from the ...
... Addison , kept a coffee - house on the south - side of Russel - street , about two doors from Covent- garden . Here it was that the wits of that time used to assemble . It is said , when Addison had suffered any vexation from the ...
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