The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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... ADDISON HUGHES 41 45 55 105 SHEFFIELD , BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 109 PRIOR • CONGREVE 117 139 BLACKMORE FENTON 153 171 GAY 179 • GRANVILLE . 189 YALDEN 197 TICKELL 201 HAMMOND 207 SOMERVILLE SAVAGE 211 215 LIVES OF THE POETS SMITH EDMUND SMITH ...
... ADDISON HUGHES 41 45 55 105 SHEFFIELD , BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 109 PRIOR • CONGREVE 117 139 BLACKMORE FENTON 153 171 GAY 179 • GRANVILLE . 189 YALDEN 197 TICKELL 201 HAMMOND 207 SOMERVILLE SAVAGE 211 215 LIVES OF THE POETS SMITH EDMUND SMITH ...
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... Addison espoused his interest , with all the elegant judgment and diffusive good - nature for which that accomplished gentleman and author is so justly valued by mankind . But as to Phædra , she has certainly made a finer figure under ...
... Addison espoused his interest , with all the elegant judgment and diffusive good - nature for which that accomplished gentleman and author is so justly valued by mankind . But as to Phædra , she has certainly made a finer figure under ...
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... Addison , whose business was to tell me that a History of the Revolution was intended , and to propose that I should undertake it . I said , What shall I do with the character of Lord Sunderland ? and Addison immediately returned , When ...
... Addison , whose business was to tell me that a History of the Revolution was intended , and to propose that I should undertake it . I said , What shall I do with the character of Lord Sunderland ? and Addison immediately returned , When ...
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... Addison has , in the Spectator , mentioned the neglect of Smith's tragedy as disgraceful to the nation , and imputes it to the fondness for operas then prevailing . The authority of Addison is great ; yet the voice of the people , when ...
... Addison has , in the Spectator , mentioned the neglect of Smith's tragedy as disgraceful to the nation , and imputes it to the fondness for operas then prevailing . The authority of Addison is great ; yet the voice of the people , when ...
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... Addison was caressed and preferred : nor would a very little have contented him ; for he estimated his wants at six hundred pounds a year . In his course of reading , it was particular that he had dili- gently perused , and accurately ...
... Addison was caressed and preferred : nor would a very little have contented him ; for he estimated his wants at six hundred pounds a year . In his course of reading , it was particular that he had dili- gently perused , and accurately ...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1801 |
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volum 2 Samuel Johnson Visualització completa - 1857 |
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