The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2C. Bathurst ... [and 34 others], 1783 Comprises short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 English poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century. |
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... Steele . It is not hard to love those from whom nothing can be feared , and Addifon never confidered Steele as a rival ; but Steele lived , as he con- feffes , under an habitual subjection to the predominating genius of Addison , whom ...
... Steele . It is not hard to love those from whom nothing can be feared , and Addifon never confidered Steele as a rival ; but Steele lived , as he con- feffes , under an habitual subjection to the predominating genius of Addison , whom ...
Pàgina 324
... Steele , whofe imprudence of gene- rofity , or vanity of profusion , kept him al- ways incurably neceffitous , upon fome pref- fing exigence , in an evil hour , borrowed an hundred pounds of his friend , probably without much purpose of ...
... Steele , whofe imprudence of gene- rofity , or vanity of profusion , kept him al- ways incurably neceffitous , upon fome pref- fing exigence , in an evil hour , borrowed an hundred pounds of his friend , probably without much purpose of ...
Pàgina 333
... Steele dedicated to him , with a con- feffion that he owed to him several of the most successful scenes . To this play Addi- fon fupplied a prologue . When the marquis of Wharton was ap- pointed lord lieutenant of Ireland , Addison ...
... Steele dedicated to him , with a con- feffion that he owed to him several of the most successful scenes . To this play Addi- fon fupplied a prologue . When the marquis of Wharton was ap- pointed lord lieutenant of Ireland , Addison ...
Pàgina 335
... Steele , without any communication of his defign , began the publication of the Tatler ; but he was not long concealed : by inferting a remark on Virgil , which Addison had given him , he dif- covered himself . It is indeed not eafy for ...
... Steele , without any communication of his defign , began the publication of the Tatler ; but he was not long concealed : by inferting a remark on Virgil , which Addison had given him , he dif- covered himself . It is indeed not eafy for ...
Pàgina 336
... zeal of party , but Steele had at that time almost nothing else . The Spectator , in one of the first papers , fhewed the political tenets of its authors ; but but a refolution was foon taken , of courting . 336 ADDISON .
... zeal of party , but Steele had at that time almost nothing else . The Spectator , in one of the first papers , fhewed the political tenets of its authors ; but but a refolution was foon taken , of courting . 336 ADDISON .
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