The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... Addison ( Spectator , 339 ) is too well known to be transcribed ; but some notice is due to the testimony of Dennis , who calls it a " philosophical poem , which has equalled that of Lucretius in the beauty of its versification , and ...
... Addison ( Spectator , 339 ) is too well known to be transcribed ; but some notice is due to the testimony of Dennis , who calls it a " philosophical poem , which has equalled that of Lucretius in the beauty of its versification , and ...
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... Addison and Sacheverell , men who were in those times friends , and who both adopted Yalden to their intimacy . Yalden con- tinuet , throughout his life , to think as probably he thought at first , yet did not forfeit the friendship of ...
... Addison and Sacheverell , men who were in those times friends , and who both adopted Yalden to their intimacy . Yalden con- tinuet , throughout his life , to think as probably he thought at first , yet did not forfeit the friendship of ...
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... Addison , whose notice he is said to have gained by his verses in praise of Rosamond . To those verses it would not have been just to deny re- gard ; for they contain some of the most elegant encomiastic strains ; and , among the ...
... Addison , whose notice he is said to have gained by his verses in praise of Rosamond . To those verses it would not have been just to deny re- gard ; for they contain some of the most elegant encomiastic strains ; and , among the ...
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... Addison declared that the rival versions were both good ; but that Tickell's was the best that ever was made ; and with Addison , the wits , his adherents and followers , were certain to concur . Pope does not appear to have been much ...
... Addison declared that the rival versions were both good ; but that Tickell's was the best that ever was made ; and with Addison , the wits , his adherents and followers , were certain to concur . Pope does not appear to have been much ...
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... Addison and me for some time ; and we had not been in company together , for a good while , any where but at Button's coffee - house , where I used to see him almost every day . On his meeting me there , one day in particular , he took ...
... Addison and me for some time ; and we had not been in company together , for a good while , any where but at Button's coffee - house , where I used to see him almost every day . On his meeting me there , one day in particular , he took ...
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