Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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Page 415
... Addison never considered Steele as a rival ; but Steele lived , as he confesses , under an habitual subjection to the pre- dominating genius of Addison , whom he always mentioned with reverence , and treated with obsequi- ousness . Addison ...
... Addison never considered Steele as a rival ; but Steele lived , as he confesses , under an habitual subjection to the pre- dominating genius of Addison , whom he always mentioned with reverence , and treated with obsequi- ousness . Addison ...
Page 425
... Addison declare , with an undue vehe- mence of expression , that he would kill Sir Roger ; being of opinion that they were born for one another , and that any other hand would do him wrong . It may be doubted whether Addison ever filled ...
... Addison declare , with an undue vehe- mence of expression , that he would kill Sir Roger ; being of opinion that they were born for one another , and that any other hand would do him wrong . It may be doubted whether Addison ever filled ...
Page 431
... Addison put the play into his hands , he only told him , it was the work of a Gentleman in the Company ; and when it was received , as is confessed , with cold disapprobation , he was probably less willing to claim it . omitted it in ...
... Addison put the play into his hands , he only told him , it was the work of a Gentleman in the Company ; and when it was received , as is confessed , with cold disapprobation , he was probably less willing to claim it . omitted it in ...
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