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... • 118 DER 146 COLLINS 327 • 329 • ROWE ADDISON HUGHES SHEFFIELD PRIOR • 149 SHENSTONE 151 YOUNG 155 MALLET 175 AKENSIDE 177 GRAY 179 LYTTELTON 330 • 334 • 345 • 353 355 • • • 360 • penury of English biography , has been written by Dr.
... • 118 DER 146 COLLINS 327 • 329 • ROWE ADDISON HUGHES SHEFFIELD PRIOR • 149 SHENSTONE 151 YOUNG 155 MALLET 175 AKENSIDE 177 GRAY 179 LYTTELTON 330 • 334 • 345 • 353 355 • • • 360 • penury of English biography , has been written by Dr.
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... Addison calls mixed wit ; that is , wit which consists of thoughts true in one sense of the expression , and false in the other . Addison's representation is sufficiently indul- gent : that confusion of images may entertain for a moment ...
... Addison calls mixed wit ; that is , wit which consists of thoughts true in one sense of the expression , and false in the other . Addison's representation is sufficiently indul- gent : that confusion of images may entertain for a moment ...
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... Addison of Cato , and Pope of his Essay on Criticism . In 1647 , the distresses of the royal family re- quired him to engage in more dangerous em- ployments . He was entrusted by the Queen with a message to the King ; and , by whatever ...
... Addison of Cato , and Pope of his Essay on Criticism . In 1647 , the distresses of the royal family re- quired him to engage in more dangerous em- ployments . He was entrusted by the Queen with a message to the King ; and , by whatever ...
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... Addison made a present , and promised some establishment , but died soon after . Queen Caroline sent her fifty guineas . She had seven sons and three daughters ; but none of them had any children , except her son Caleb and her daughter ...
... Addison made a present , and promised some establishment , but died soon after . Queen Caroline sent her fifty guineas . She had seven sons and three daughters ; but none of them had any children , except her son Caleb and her daughter ...
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... Addison observes , such sentiments are given as suit " the most exalted and most depraved being . " Milton has been censured by Clarke * for the impiety which sometimes breaks from Satan's mouth ; for there are thoughts , as he justly ...
... Addison observes , such sentiments are given as suit " the most exalted and most depraved being . " Milton has been censured by Clarke * for the impiety which sometimes breaks from Satan's mouth ; for there are thoughts , as he justly ...
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