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Page 47
... Addison observes , such sentiments are given as suit " the most exalted and most depraved being . " Milton has been censured by Clarke * for the impiety which sometimes breaks from Satan's mouth ; for there are thoughts , as he justly ...
... Addison observes , such sentiments are given as suit " the most exalted and most depraved being . " Milton has been censured by Clarke * for the impiety which sometimes breaks from Satan's mouth ; for there are thoughts , as he justly ...
Page 48
... Addison , that this poem has , by the nature of its subject , the ad- vantage above all others , that it is universally and perpetually interesting . All mankind will , through all ages , bear the same relation to Adam and Eve , and ...
... Addison , that this poem has , by the nature of its subject , the ad- vantage above all others , that it is universally and perpetually interesting . All mankind will , through all ages , bear the same relation to Adam and Eve , and ...
Page 52
... Addison , " sunk under him . " But the truth is , that , both in prose and verse , he had formed his style by a perverse and pedantic principle . He was desirous to use English words with a foreign idiom . This in all his prose is disco ...
... Addison , " sunk under him . " But the truth is , that , both in prose and verse , he had formed his style by a perverse and pedantic principle . He was desirous to use English words with a foreign idiom . This in all his prose is disco ...
Page 63
... Addison : and that , if there are not so many or so great beauties in his compositions as in those of some contemporaries , there are at least fewer faults . Nor is this his highest praise ; for Mr. Pope has celebrated him as the only ...
... Addison : and that , if there are not so many or so great beauties in his compositions as in those of some contemporaries , there are at least fewer faults . Nor is this his highest praise ; for Mr. Pope has celebrated him as the only ...
Page 86
... Addison , employed to deliver the ac- clamation of the Tories . It is said that he would willingly have declined the task , but that his friends urged it upon him . It appears that he wrote this poem at the house of Mr. St. John ...
... Addison , employed to deliver the ac- clamation of the Tories . It is said that he would willingly have declined the task , but that his friends urged it upon him . It appears that he wrote this poem at the house of Mr. St. John ...
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