The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 466
... Tatler was published April 22 , ( 1709 ) and Ad- dison's contribution appeared May 26. Tickell observes , that the " Tatler " began and was con- cluded without his concurrence . This is doubt- less literally true ; but the work did not ...
... Tatler was published April 22 , ( 1709 ) and Ad- dison's contribution appeared May 26. Tickell observes , that the " Tatler " began and was con- cluded without his concurrence . This is doubt- less literally true ; but the work did not ...
Page 467
... about serving it up with that meal , as usual . See the edition of the " Tatler " with notes , vol . vi . No. 271 , note . p . 452 , & c . - N . This species of instruction was continued , and perhaps advanced ADDISON . 467.
... about serving it up with that meal , as usual . See the edition of the " Tatler " with notes , vol . vi . No. 271 , note . p . 452 , & c . - N . This species of instruction was continued , and perhaps advanced ADDISON . 467.
Page 468
... Tatler " and " Spectator , " if the writers for the theatre are excepted , England had no masters of common life . No writers had yet undertaken to reform - either the savageness of neg . leot or the impertinence of civility ; to shew ...
... Tatler " and " Spectator , " if the writers for the theatre are excepted , England had no masters of common life . No writers had yet undertaken to reform - either the savageness of neg . leot or the impertinence of civility ; to shew ...
Page 469
... Tatler " and " Spectator " had the same ten- dency ; they were published at a time when two parties , loud , restless , and violent , each with plau- sible declarations , and each perhaps without any distinct termination of its views ...
... Tatler " and " Spectator " had the same ten- dency ; they were published at a time when two parties , loud , restless , and violent , each with plau- sible declarations , and each perhaps without any distinct termination of its views ...
Page 470
... Tatler " this is told by Steele in his last paper ; and of the " Spectator " by Budgell in the preface to " Theo- phrastus , " a book which Addison has recommend- ed , and which he was suspected to have revised , if he did not write it ...
... Tatler " this is told by Steele in his last paper ; and of the " Spectator " by Budgell in the preface to " Theo- phrastus , " a book which Addison has recommend- ed , and which he was suspected to have revised , if he did not write it ...
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