Essays, Biographical, Critical and Historical, Volume 3 |
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... early in the morning , before the copies were distributed , and ordered it to be given to Mr. E. Budgell , that it might add weight to the solicitation which Addison was them making for a place for Mr. Budgell . periodical labours , and ...
... early in the morning , before the copies were distributed , and ordered it to be given to Mr. E. Budgell , that it might add weight to the solicitation which Addison was them making for a place for Mr. Budgell . periodical labours , and ...
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... early period of his life , the pride of self - opinion , and the fury of ungoverned resentment , blasted all his hopes and views , and gradually led him into the commission of errors and extravagances , which at length terminated in ...
... early period of his life , the pride of self - opinion , and the fury of ungoverned resentment , blasted all his hopes and views , and gradually led him into the commission of errors and extravagances , which at length terminated in ...
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... early shewed a decided partiality for the sister arts of poetry and music ; an inclination which , known by the appellation of Signior Denterino , which , by way of honour , he assumed , and put upon his sign . He kept a public - house ...
... early shewed a decided partiality for the sister arts of poetry and music ; an inclination which , known by the appellation of Signior Denterino , which , by way of honour , he assumed , and put upon his sign . He kept a public - house ...
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... early accepted of a place in the office of ordnance , and acted also as secre- tary to several commissions for the purchase of land , deemed requisite for the security of the royal docks at Chatham and Portsmouth . Dur ing these ...
... early accepted of a place in the office of ordnance , and acted also as secre- tary to several commissions for the purchase of land , deemed requisite for the security of the royal docks at Chatham and Portsmouth . Dur ing these ...
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... early as 1702 , he is too loose and paraphrastic , his version of Ovid's Pyramus and Thisbe , is truly elegant and exact , and affords the English reader a very com- petent idea of perhaps the most pleasing tale in the collection of the ...
... early as 1702 , he is too loose and paraphrastic , his version of Ovid's Pyramus and Thisbe , is truly elegant and exact , and affords the English reader a very com- petent idea of perhaps the most pleasing tale in the collection of the ...
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