Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... ADDISON , 14 . Ante , SMITH , 57. Addison wrote of him in 1718 : - ' He is to me the most candid and agreeable of all bishops . ' Swift's Works , xvi . 303 . Johnson praised his elegant style . Boswell's Johnson , iii . 248 . 3 Miss ...
... ADDISON , 14 . Ante , SMITH , 57. Addison wrote of him in 1718 : - ' He is to me the most candid and agreeable of all bishops . ' Swift's Works , xvi . 303 . Johnson praised his elegant style . Boswell's Johnson , iii . 248 . 3 Miss ...
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... Addison opposed him 2 . 40 Early in the next year he published A Proposal for correcting , improving , and ... Addison's Works , iv . 390. Swift's first Examiner appeared on Nov. 2 . 3 Ante , ROSCOMMON , 14 ; PRIOR , 15 ; Works , ix ...
... Addison opposed him 2 . 40 Early in the next year he published A Proposal for correcting , improving , and ... Addison's Works , iv . 390. Swift's first Examiner appeared on Nov. 2 . 3 Ante , ROSCOMMON , 14 ; PRIOR , 15 ; Works , ix ...
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... Addison so right at first that he might have been employed , and have partly secured him the place he has . ' Works , iii . 80. See also ib . ii . 201 , v . 15 , xvi . 39 , 47 , 266 , 341. For Addison's treatment of Swift , see ante ...
... Addison so right at first that he might have been employed , and have partly secured him the place he has . ' Works , iii . 80. See also ib . ii . 201 , v . 15 , xvi . 39 , 47 , 266 , 341. For Addison's treatment of Swift , see ante ...
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... ADDISON , 36 , 73 . 7 On May 13 , 1713 , Swift wrote to Addison : Mr. Steele knows very well that my Lord - Treasurer has kept In this pamphlet the Scotch were mentioned in terms so 24 SWIFT.
... ADDISON , 36 , 73 . 7 On May 13 , 1713 , Swift wrote to Addison : Mr. Steele knows very well that my Lord - Treasurer has kept In this pamphlet the Scotch were mentioned in terms so 24 SWIFT.
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... Addison are no longer the objects of imitation , but all long verses are now written after the manner of the nervous precision of Mr. Pope . ' Theory of Moral Sentiment , 1801 , ii . 9 . ' Swift perceived that there was a spirit of ...
... Addison are no longer the objects of imitation , but all long verses are now written after the manner of the nervous precision of Mr. Pope . ' Theory of Moral Sentiment , 1801 , ii . 9 . ' Swift perceived that there was a spirit of ...
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