Lives of The English Poets Volume I1961 |
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Page 78
... friends seem not to have found ; they therefore shift and palliate . He did not sell literature to all comers at an open shop ; he was a chamber - milliner , and measured his commodities only to his friends . Philips , evidently ...
... friends seem not to have found ; they therefore shift and palliate . He did not sell literature to all comers at an open shop ; he was a chamber - milliner , and measured his commodities only to his friends . Philips , evidently ...
Page 194
... friends , at least many companions . His convivial power of pleasing is universally acknowledged ; but those who conversed with him intimately , found him not only passionate , especially in his old age , but resentful ; so that the ...
... friends , at least many companions . His convivial power of pleasing is universally acknowledged ; but those who conversed with him intimately , found him not only passionate , especially in his old age , but resentful ; so that the ...
Page 413
... friends and enemies , that they had misplaced their admirations . The world was too stubborn for instruction ; with ... friend- ship of Addison , by vilifying his old enemy , and could give resentment its full play without appearing to ...
... friends and enemies , that they had misplaced their admirations . The world was too stubborn for instruction ; with ... friend- ship of Addison , by vilifying his old enemy , and could give resentment its full play without appearing to ...
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