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... Addison supplied a Prologue . When [ 1709 ] the Marquis of Wharton was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , Addison attended him as his secretary ; and was made keeper of the records in Birmingham's Tower , with a salary of 300l . a ...
... Addison supplied a Prologue . When [ 1709 ] the Marquis of Wharton was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , Addison attended him as his secretary ; and was made keeper of the records in Birmingham's Tower , with a salary of 300l . a ...
Page 210
... Addison are marked in The Spectator by one of the letters in the name of Clio , and in The Guardian by a hand ; whether it was , as Tickell pretends to think , that he was unwilling to usurp the praise of others , or as Steele , with ...
... Addison are marked in The Spectator by one of the letters in the name of Clio , and in The Guardian by a hand ; whether it was , as Tickell pretends to think , that he was unwilling to usurp the praise of others , or as Steele , with ...
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... Addison , and complained of it in terms sufficiently resentful to Craggs , their common friend . When Addison's opinion was asked , he declared the versions to be both good , but Tickell's the best that had ever been written ; and ...
... Addison , and complained of it in terms sufficiently resentful to Craggs , their common friend . When Addison's opinion was asked , he declared the versions to be both good , but Tickell's the best that had ever been written ; and ...
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