Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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Page 237
... Addison , both as a poet and a politician . Reports like this are often spread with boldness very disproportionate to their evidence . Why should Addison receive any particular disturbance from the last lines of Windsor Forest ? If ...
... Addison , both as a poet and a politician . Reports like this are often spread with boldness very disproportionate to their evidence . Why should Addison receive any particular disturbance from the last lines of Windsor Forest ? If ...
Page 254
... Addison something more pleasing than in any other man . It may be supposed , that as Pope saw himself favoured by the world , and more frequently compared his own powers with those of others , his confidence increased , and his ...
... Addison something more pleasing than in any other man . It may be supposed , that as Pope saw himself favoured by the world , and more frequently compared his own powers with those of others , his confidence increased , and his ...
Page 257
... 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 Ad- dison had encouraged 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 Ad- dison had encouraged Gildon to publish those scandals , and had given him ten ...
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