Lives of the English Poets: With an Introduction by Arthur Waugh, Volume 1 |
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Page 415
The master , when Pigot was a school - boy , was barred - out at Lichfield , and the whole operation , as he said , was planned and conducted by Addison . To judge better of the probability of this story , I have enquired when he was ...
The master , when Pigot was a school - boy , was barred - out at Lichfield , and the whole operation , as he said , was planned and conducted by Addison . To judge better of the probability of this story , I have enquired when he was ...
Page 420
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 ...
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The time , however , was now come , when those who affected to think liberty in danger , affected likewise to think that a stage - play might preserve it : and Addison was importuned , in the name of the tutelary deities of Britain ...
The time , however , was now come , when those who affected to think liberty in danger , affected likewise to think that a stage - play might preserve it : and Addison was importuned , in the name of the tutelary deities of Britain ...
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