Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 106
... 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 . Tickell omitted ...
... 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 . Tickell omitted ...
Page 108
... Addison Tickell has ascribed twenty - three 2 . 80 81 The Spectator had many contributors ; and Steele3 , whose negligence kept him always in a hurry , when it was his turn to furnish a paper , called loudly for the letters , of which ...
... Addison Tickell has ascribed twenty - three 2 . 80 81 The Spectator had many contributors ; and Steele3 , whose negligence kept him always in a hurry , when it was his turn to furnish a paper , called loudly for the letters , of which ...
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... Addison , who , when he went into Ireland as secretary to the lord Sunderland3 , took him thither , and employed him in publick business ; and when ( 1717 ) afterwards he rose to be secretary of state made him under- secretary . Their ...
... Addison , who , when he went into Ireland as secretary to the lord Sunderland3 , took him thither , and employed him in publick business ; and when ( 1717 ) afterwards he rose to be secretary of state made him under- secretary . Their ...
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