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... virtue , do no more than praise it . Yet it is reasonable to believe that Addison's professions and practice were at no great variance , since , amidst that storm of faction in which most of his life was passed , though his station made ...
... virtue , do no more than praise it . Yet it is reasonable to believe that Addison's professions and practice were at no great variance , since , amidst that storm of faction in which most of his life was passed , though his station made ...
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... virtue , which distinguish one character from another ; and , as his conception was strong , his expressions were clear , he easily received impressions from objects , and very forcibly transmitted them to others . Of his exact ...
... virtue , which distinguish one character from another ; and , as his conception was strong , his expressions were clear , he easily received impressions from objects , and very forcibly transmitted them to others . Of his exact ...
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... virtue , and was indeed not so much a good man , as the friend of goodness . This at least must be allowed him , that he always preserved a strong sense of the dignity , the beauty , and the necessity of virtue ; and that he never ...
... virtue , and was indeed not so much a good man , as the friend of goodness . This at least must be allowed him , that he always preserved a strong sense of the dignity , the beauty , and the necessity of virtue ; and that he never ...
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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