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Page x
... represents him as " humble in his defires after he had forgot his cruel beauty , infomuch that it is re- ported he has frequently offended in point of chaf- * " Natural humour was the primary talent of ADDISON , His character of Sir ...
... represents him as " humble in his defires after he had forgot his cruel beauty , infomuch that it is re- ported he has frequently offended in point of chaf- * " Natural humour was the primary talent of ADDISON , His character of Sir ...
Page xi
... represented as now in his fifty - fixth year , and the story therefore of his endeavouring to perfuade a ftrumpet to retire with him into the country , as related in No. 410 , fome think by TICKELL , was certainly not very probable . 66 ...
... represented as now in his fifty - fixth year , and the story therefore of his endeavouring to perfuade a ftrumpet to retire with him into the country , as related in No. 410 , fome think by TICKELL , was certainly not very probable . 66 ...
Page xxxviii
... represented . STEELE , who has drawn a very favourable character of him in THE THEATRE , NO . 15 , fays , " I cannot , in the firft place , but felicitate a death , on the fame evening in which he received , and merited , the applause ...
... represented . STEELE , who has drawn a very favourable character of him in THE THEATRE , NO . 15 , fays , " I cannot , in the firft place , but felicitate a death , on the fame evening in which he received , and merited , the applause ...
Page l
... represented himself as a man who could do great service to the ftate , and hinted that it would be wife to employ him . Sir ROBERT declined the offer in very polite terms , and HENLEY left the * The late Rev. Mr. COLE of Milton fays ...
... represented himself as a man who could do great service to the ftate , and hinted that it would be wife to employ him . Sir ROBERT declined the offer in very polite terms , and HENLEY left the * The late Rev. Mr. COLE of Milton fays ...
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... affected his intellects , much in the manner as Sir ROGER DE COVERLEY Biog . Dict . and Dram . is represented to have been injured by his paffion for d 2 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . li room with a threat, that " he could wield ...
... affected his intellects , much in the manner as Sir ROGER DE COVERLEY Biog . Dict . and Dram . is represented to have been injured by his paffion for d 2 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . li room with a threat, that " he could wield ...
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ADDISON admiration affembly againſt alſo appear audience beauty becauſe beſt buſineſs character Chelſea club confequence confider converfation correfpondents defcribed defign defire diſcourſe diſcovered drefs endeavour Engliſh faid fame faſhion fatire fays feems feen fenfe feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fign fignature final note fince firft firſt flain fociety fome fometimes foon fubject fuch fuppofed fure gentleman give greateſt herſelf himſelf houſe humble fervant humour inſtead itſelf king lady laft laſt lefs letter look mind moft moſt mufic muſt myſelf nature obferved occafion opera ourſelves paffed paffion paper perfon Pict pleaſed pleaſure poet praiſe preſent publiſhed racter raiſed reader reaſon repreſented ſay ſcenes ſee ſeems ſenſe ſeveral ſhall ſhe Sir ROGER ſome ſpeak Spect SPECTATOR ſtage Steele ſuch Tatler thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion tragedy underſtand uſe whoſe woman words writing