Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... , than fuch a bounty from fo eminent a patron . How well Mr. Addifon anfwered the expectations of my Lord Somers , cannot appear better , than from the book book of Travels he dedicated to his Lordship at his The PREFACE . XV.
... , than fuch a bounty from fo eminent a patron . How well Mr. Addifon anfwered the expectations of my Lord Somers , cannot appear better , than from the book book of Travels he dedicated to his Lordship at his The PREFACE . XV.
Page xix
... appears from a letter to Mr. Stepney , then minifter at that court , dated in November 1702 . • Some time before the date of this letter , Mr. Addison had defigned to return to England , when he received advice from his friends , that ...
... appears from a letter to Mr. Stepney , then minifter at that court , dated in November 1702 . • Some time before the date of this letter , Mr. Addison had defigned to return to England , when he received advice from his friends , that ...
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... appears in his poem called The Campaign . The Lord - Treasurer Godolphin , who was a fine judge of poetry , had a fight of this work , when it was only car- ried on as far as the applauded fimile of the Angel ; and approved the poem ...
... appears in his poem called The Campaign . The Lord - Treasurer Godolphin , who was a fine judge of poetry , had a fight of this work , when it was only car- ried on as far as the applauded fimile of the Angel ; and approved the poem ...
Page xxiv
... appear . Such are the effays upon Wit , the Pleafures of the Imagination , the Critic upon Milton , and fome others . The tragedy of Cato appeared in public in the year 1713 , when the greatest part of the laft act was added by the ...
... appear . Such are the effays upon Wit , the Pleafures of the Imagination , the Critic upon Milton , and fome others . The tragedy of Cato appeared in public in the year 1713 , when the greatest part of the laft act was added by the ...
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... appear , it would be pre- fumptuous to cenfure his choice , who was so famous for raifing the noblest plants from the moft barren foil . It ferves to fhew , that he thought the whole labour of fuch a performance unworthy to be thrown ...
... appear , it would be pre- fumptuous to cenfure his choice , who was so famous for raifing the noblest plants from the moft barren foil . It ferves to fhew , that he thought the whole labour of fuch a performance unworthy to be thrown ...
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