The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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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 judgment 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 judgment 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 refuted 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 refuted 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 re- quired ; 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 re- quired ; and when his friends expressed their wonder at ...
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... remarkable , notwith- standing its title , for purity of sentiment ; and in 1709 imitated Horace in an Art of Cookery , which he published , with some letters to Dr. Lister . In 1710 he appeared , as a lover of the Church , on the side ...
... remarkable , notwith- standing its title , for purity of sentiment ; and in 1709 imitated Horace in an Art of Cookery , which he published , with some letters to Dr. Lister . In 1710 he appeared , as a lover of the Church , on the side ...
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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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