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Of this memorable friendship the greater praise must be given 5 to Steele . It is not hard to love those from whom nothing can be feared , and Addison never considered Steele as a rival ; but Steele lived , as he confesses , under an ...
Of this memorable friendship the greater praise must be given 5 to Steele . It is not hard to love those from whom nothing can be feared , and Addison never considered Steele as a rival ; but Steele lived , as he confesses , under an ...
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Berkeley had one guinea and a dinner with Steele for every paper of his composing in The Guardian . NICHOLS , The Tatler , 1789 , iv . 601 . The Examiner of April 24 , 1713 , said that as soon as the Earl of Nottingham had joined the ...
Berkeley had one guinea and a dinner with Steele for every paper of his composing in The Guardian . NICHOLS , The Tatler , 1789 , iv . 601 . The Examiner of April 24 , 1713 , said that as soon as the Earl of Nottingham had joined the ...
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To prevent this subversion of the ancient establishment , Steele , 95 whose pen readily seconded his political passions , endeavoured to alarm the nation by a pamphlet called The Plebeian ” ; to this an answer was published by Addison ...
To prevent this subversion of the ancient establishment , Steele , 95 whose pen readily seconded his political passions , endeavoured to alarm the nation by a pamphlet called The Plebeian ” ; to this an answer was published by Addison ...
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