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Page 283
Mr . Addison was justly offended with some behaviour which ... Mr . Pope , their
common friend , knowing this , took “ an opportunity , at some juncture of Mr .
Addison ' s advancement , to tell s him how poor Rove was grieved at his
displeasure ...
Mr . Addison was justly offended with some behaviour which ... Mr . Pope , their
common friend , knowing this , took “ an opportunity , at some juncture of Mr .
Addison ' s advancement , to tell s him how poor Rove was grieved at his
displeasure ...
Page 290
To this play Addison supplied a prologue . When the marquis of Wharton was
appointed lord lieutenant of Ireland ; Addison attended him as his secretary ; and
was made keeper of the records in Birmingham ' s Tower , with a salary of three ...
To this play Addison supplied a prologue . When the marquis of Wharton was
appointed lord lieutenant of Ireland ; Addison attended him as his secretary ; and
was made keeper of the records in Birmingham ' s Tower , with a salary of three ...
Page 395
Mr . Addison , however he hated the men then in power , suffered his friendship
to prevail , over his public spirit , and gave in the Spectator such praises of Tickell
' s poem , that when , after having long . wished to peruse it , I laid hold on it at ...
Mr . Addison , however he hated the men then in power , suffered his friendship
to prevail , over his public spirit , and gave in the Spectator such praises of Tickell
' s poem , that when , after having long . wished to peruse it , I laid hold on it at ...
Page 521
Pope doubtless approached Addison , when the reputation of their wit first
brought them together , with the respect due to a man whose abilities were
acknowledged , and who , having attained that eminence to which he was .
himself aspiring ...
Pope doubtless approached Addison , when the reputation of their wit first
brought them together , with the respect due to a man whose abilities were
acknowledged , and who , having attained that eminence to which he was .
himself aspiring ...
Page 523
He was convinced , by adding one circumstance to another , that the other
translation was the work of Addison himself ; but if he knew it in Addison ' s life
time , it does not appear that he told it . He left his illustrious antagonist to be
punished by ...
He was convinced , by adding one circumstance to another , that the other
translation was the work of Addison himself ; but if he knew it in Addison ' s life
time , it does not appear that he told it . He left his illustrious antagonist to be
punished by ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Lives Volume 1 of The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | A. Miller, 1800 |
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