The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... remarkable on this occasion ; and it must not be forgotten how zealously Mr. Addison espoused his interest , with all the elegant judgement and diffusive good - nature for which that accomplished gentleman and author is so justly valued ...
... remarkable on this occasion ; and it must not be forgotten how zealously Mr. Addison espoused his interest , with all the elegant judgement and diffusive good - nature for which that accomplished gentleman and author is so justly valued ...
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... remarkable particular , that he never in his whole life had once spoken to Smith ; his company being , as must be inferred , not accepted by those who attended to their characters . The charge was afterwards very diligently re- futed by ...
... remarkable particular , that he never in his whole life had once spoken to Smith ; his company being , as must be inferred , not accepted by those who attended to their characters . The charge was afterwards very diligently re- futed by ...
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... remarkable for the power of reading with great rapidity , and of retaining with great fidelity what he so easily collected . He therefore always knew what the present question required ; and , when his friends expressed their wonder at ...
... remarkable for the power of reading with great rapidity , and of retaining with great fidelity what he so easily collected . He therefore always knew what the present question required ; and , when his friends expressed their wonder at ...
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... Voyage to the Island of Cajamai is particularly commended . He then wrote the Art of Love , a poem remarkable , notwithstanding its title , for VOL . II . D purity of sentiment ; and in 1709 imitated Horace in KING . 33.
... Voyage to the Island of Cajamai is particularly commended . He then wrote the Art of Love , a poem remarkable , notwithstanding its title , for VOL . II . D purity of sentiment ; and in 1709 imitated Horace in KING . 33.
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... remarkable for sedition , and Sprat's for loyalty . Burnet had the thanks of the house ; Sprat had no thanks , but a good living from the King , which , he said , was of as much value as the thanks of the commons . The works of Sprat ...
... remarkable for sedition , and Sprat's for loyalty . Burnet had the thanks of the house ; Sprat had no thanks , but a good living from the King , which , he said , was of as much value as the thanks of the commons . The works of Sprat ...
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