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... Characters of Theophrastus . " It is exe- cuted with neatness and elegance , and had the honour of being liberally praised by Addison in the thirty - ninth number of The Lover . Having adopted the Whig principles of his friend , the ...
... Characters of Theophrastus . " It is exe- cuted with neatness and elegance , and had the honour of being liberally praised by Addison in the thirty - ninth number of The Lover . Having adopted the Whig principles of his friend , the ...
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... character which it could not otherwise have acquired ; but , inde- pendent of this assistance , the mental and moral merit of Budgell were , at this period , adequate to the establishment of a very estimable repu- tation , It is one of ...
... character which it could not otherwise have acquired ; but , inde- pendent of this assistance , the mental and moral merit of Budgell were , at this period , adequate to the establishment of a very estimable repu- tation , It is one of ...
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... characters could be more opposed than were , at this time , those of this amiable man , and of Budgell . Mildness , resig- nation , and forgiveness were descriptive of the former ; in the latter , an exasperated mind and a keen spirit ...
... characters could be more opposed than were , at this time , those of this amiable man , and of Budgell . Mildness , resig- nation , and forgiveness were descriptive of the former ; in the latter , an exasperated mind and a keen spirit ...
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... character of his adversary : Let Budgell charge low Grub - street on my quill , And write whate'er he please - except my will . Budgell had now lost all that could render life desirable ; he was involved in extreme poverty , and vexed ...
... character of his adversary : Let Budgell charge low Grub - street on my quill , And write whate'er he please - except my will . Budgell had now lost all that could render life desirable ; he was involved in extreme poverty , and vexed ...
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... character so original as that of Sir Roger de Coverley , is the still greater merit of Budgell . In this respect . he is certainly superior to Steele ; and his de- scription of the Hunt in N ° 116 , in which the knight makes so ...
... character so original as that of Sir Roger de Coverley , is the still greater merit of Budgell . In this respect . he is certainly superior to Steele ; and his de- scription of the Hunt in N ° 116 , in which the knight makes so ...
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