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Page iii
... fome time unfortunately furvived the powers of his understanding . This dedication gives a lively fketch of his character ; but furely no man's was ever better depicted by a pen than this nobleman's is by Mr. Addison , in that admirable ...
... fome time unfortunately furvived the powers of his understanding . This dedication gives a lively fketch of his character ; but furely no man's was ever better depicted by a pen than this nobleman's is by Mr. Addison , in that admirable ...
Page viii
... fome remarks he has made on the character of Sir ROGER DE COVERLEY ; I am inclined to suppose , that the learned biographer had forgotten fome things relat- ing to that gentleman . " He feems to think that ADDISON had formed an idea of ...
... fome remarks he has made on the character of Sir ROGER DE COVERLEY ; I am inclined to suppose , that the learned biographer had forgotten fome things relat- ing to that gentleman . " He feems to think that ADDISON had formed an idea of ...
Page xi
... fome think by TICKELL , was certainly not very probable . 66 The truth appears to have been , that ADDISON was charmed with his colleague's outline of Sir ROGER , thought it capable of extenfion and im- provement , and might probably ...
... fome think by TICKELL , was certainly not very probable . 66 The truth appears to have been , that ADDISON was charmed with his colleague's outline of Sir ROGER , thought it capable of extenfion and im- provement , and might probably ...
Page xvi
... fome few in- ftances in the TATLER , but many in the SPEC- TATOR . Indeed no two men , even allowing the fuperiority of ADDISON , were ever better qualified , by correfpondence or difpofition of mind , to act as auxiliaries in a work of ...
... fome few in- ftances in the TATLER , but many in the SPEC- TATOR . Indeed no two men , even allowing the fuperiority of ADDISON , were ever better qualified , by correfpondence or difpofition of mind , to act as auxiliaries in a work of ...
Page xxi
... fome are fo evi- dently of a trifling nature , that we may adopt as a conclufion what this eminent critic has given as a prefatory apology : " The beauties of ADDISON are fo many , and the general character of his ftyle is fo elegant ...
... fome are fo evi- dently of a trifling nature , that we may adopt as a conclufion what this eminent critic has given as a prefatory apology : " The beauties of ADDISON are fo many , and the general character of his ftyle is fo elegant ...
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