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... regard in an Epistle upon Authors , which he wrote about that time ; but was too wise to publish , and of which only some fragments have appeared , inserted by him in the Magazine after his retirement . To despair was not , however ...
... regard in an Epistle upon Authors , which he wrote about that time ; but was too wise to publish , and of which only some fragments have appeared , inserted by him in the Magazine after his retirement . To despair was not , however ...
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... regard to the subscription demanded , and that the Tories never put him under the necessity of asking leave to be grateful . " But , " says he , " as Mr. Addison must be the judge in what regards himself , and has seemed to be no very ...
... regard to the subscription demanded , and that the Tories never put him under the necessity of asking leave to be grateful . " But , " says he , " as Mr. Addison must be the judge in what regards himself , and has seemed to be no very ...
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... regard was paid , the authors were still neglected , and the editor was neither praised nor censured . He did not sink into idleness ; he had planned a work , which he considered as subsequent to his Essay on Man , of which he has given ...
... regard was paid , the authors were still neglected , and the editor was neither praised nor censured . He did not sink into idleness ; he had planned a work , which he considered as subsequent to his Essay on Man , of which he has given ...
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Absalom and Achitophel acquaintance Addison Æneid afterwards appears blank verse censure character considered conversation Cowley criticism death declared delight desire diction diligence Dryden Dunciad Earl easily elegance endeavoured English excellence expected faults favour friends genius Georgics happy honour Iliad images imagination imitation John Dryden John Wain Johnson kind King knew known labour language Latin learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax mentioned metaphysical poets Milton mind nature neglected never NIHIL numbers observed occasion once opinion Paradise Lost passions performance perhaps Pindar play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise produced published Queen reader reason received remarks reputation resentment rhyme Samuel Johnson satire Savage says seems sentiments solicited sometimes sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler thought told tragedy translation truth Tyrconnel verses Virgil virtue write written wrote