Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 23
... write the Englishman . The papers of 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 ...
... write the Englishman . The papers of 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 ...
Page 28
... writer of highest authority . There was formerly sent to me by Mr. Locker , clerk of the Leathersellers Company , who was eminent for curiosity and literature , a collection of examples selected from Tillotson's works , as Locker said ...
... writer of highest authority . There was formerly sent to me by Mr. Locker , clerk of the Leathersellers Company , who was eminent for curiosity and literature , a collection of examples selected from Tillotson's works , as Locker said ...
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... write pamphlets . " Dicky , however , did not lose his settled veneration for his friend , but con- tented himself with quoting some lines of Cato , which were at once detection and reproof . The Bill was laid aside during that session ...
... write pamphlets . " Dicky , however , did not lose his settled veneration for his friend , but con- tented himself with quoting some lines of Cato , which were at once detection and reproof . The Bill was laid aside during that session ...
Page 34
... writer - that when he had taken his resolution , or made his plan for what he designed to write , he would walk about a room and dictate it into language with as much freedom and ease as any one could write it down , and attend to the ...
... writer - that when he had taken his resolution , or made his plan for what he designed to write , he would walk about a room and dictate it into language with as much freedom and ease as any one could write it down , and attend to the ...
Page 36
... write , and to live , are very different . Many who praise 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 ...
... write , and to live , are very different . Many who praise 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 ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards allowed appeared calamities Cassell's Cato censure character Cheap Edition conduct considered contempt conversation death declared Delany discovered distress E. W. HORNUNG elegance endeavoured expected favour fortune friends friendship genius honour Illustrated imagined Ireland Juba justly kindness King letter likewise lived lodging London Lord Tyrconnel mankind manner MAX PEMBERTON mentioned merit mind misery misfortunes mother nature neglect never obliged observed occasion once opinion Orrery pamphlet panegyric passion pension performance perhaps pleasure poem poet poetical Pope pounds praise promise published queen R. L. STEVENSON reader reason received regard resentment resolution retired Richard Savage ROBERT STAWELL BALL SAMUEL JOHNSON Savage Savage's says Sempronius sent sentiments Sir Richard Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon Spectator STANLEY WEYMAN Steele suffered sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler tenderness thought Tickell tion told tragedy verses virtue Vols Whigs write wrote