Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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... most gracious and amiable Monarch that ever filled a throne . May the frank- ness and generofity of your spirit continue to foften and fubdue your enemies , and gain you many A 5 friends , friends , if poffible , as fincere as yourself ...
... most gracious and amiable Monarch that ever filled a throne . May the frank- ness and generofity of your spirit continue to foften and fubdue your enemies , and gain you many A 5 friends , friends , if poffible , as fincere as yourself ...
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... wish you more true happiness than I , who am , with the greatest Zeal , DEAR SIR , Your most Entirely Affectionate Friend , June 4 1719 . and Faithful Obedient Servant , J. ADDISON . THE PREFACE . OSEPH ADDISON , the fon of Lancelot [ iv ]
... wish you more true happiness than I , who am , with the greatest Zeal , DEAR SIR , Your most Entirely Affectionate Friend , June 4 1719 . and Faithful Obedient Servant , J. ADDISON . THE PREFACE . OSEPH ADDISON , the fon of Lancelot [ iv ]
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... most exquifite of his poetical perfor- mances . A tranflation of it by Signior Salvini , profeffor of the Greek tongue at Florence , is inferted in this edition , not only on the account of its merit , but because it is the language of ...
... most exquifite of his poetical perfor- mances . A tranflation of it by Signior Salvini , profeffor of the Greek tongue at Florence , is inferted in this edition , not only on the account of its merit , but because it is the language of ...
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... . In the laft paper , which closed those celebrated performances , and in the pre- face to the last volume , Sir Richard Steele has given to Mr. Addifon the ho- nour nour of the most applauded pieces in that collection . The PRE FAC F.
... . In the laft paper , which closed those celebrated performances , and in the pre- face to the last volume , Sir Richard Steele has given to Mr. Addifon the ho- nour nour of the most applauded pieces in that collection . The PRE FAC F.
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... most undiscerning readers . It was neceffary that his fhare in the Tatlers fhould be adjusted in a complete col- lection of his works ; for which reason Sir Richard Steele , in compliance with the request of his deceased friend , de ...
... most undiscerning readers . It was neceffary that his fhare in the Tatlers fhould be adjusted in a complete col- lection of his works ; for which reason Sir Richard Steele , in compliance with the request of his deceased friend , de ...
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