Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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... Essays , No. ii . According to an account in Spence's Anec . p . 114 , Garth took means to hasten on his death , on being told that he might linger in ill health for years . Bolingbroke ( Works , iv . 90 ) de- scribes him as ' the best ...
... Essays , No. ii . According to an account in Spence's Anec . p . 114 , Garth took means to hasten on his death , on being told that he might linger in ill health for years . Bolingbroke ( Works , iv . 90 ) de- scribes him as ' the best ...
Page 151
... Essays of Elia , p . 32 . For Savage's account of Steele's fear of the bailiffs see post , SAVAGE , 31 , 33 , and for Macaulay's defence of Addison see his Essays , iv . 206 . APPENDIX J ( PAGE 82 ) ' Mr. Addison , ' writes Tickell ...
... Essays of Elia , p . 32 . For Savage's account of Steele's fear of the bailiffs see post , SAVAGE , 31 , 33 , and for Macaulay's defence of Addison see his Essays , iv . 206 . APPENDIX J ( PAGE 82 ) ' Mr. Addison , ' writes Tickell ...
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... Essay on Satire he was always supposed to have had the 23 help of Dryden3 . His Essay on Poetry is the great work , for which he was praised by Roscommon , Dryden 5 , and Pope , and doubtless by many more whose eulogies have perished ...
... Essay on Satire he was always supposed to have had the 23 help of Dryden3 . His Essay on Poetry is the great work , for which he was praised by Roscommon , Dryden 5 , and Pope , and doubtless by many more whose eulogies have perished ...
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