The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1H. G. Bohn, 1854 - 8 pages |
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Page vii
... hand- some dedication of this play , and has since acquainted the public , that he owed some of the most taking scenes of it to Mr. Addison . His next step in his fortune , was to the post of Secretary under the late Marquis of Wharton ...
... hand- some dedication of this play , and has since acquainted the public , that he owed some of the most taking scenes of it to Mr. Addison . His next step in his fortune , was to the post of Secretary under the late Marquis of Wharton ...
Page viii
... hand those Tatlers which are inserted in this edition , and even to point out several in the writing of which they both were concerned . The plan of the Spectator , as far as it regards the feigned person of the author , and of the ...
... hand those Tatlers which are inserted in this edition , and even to point out several in the writing of which they both were concerned . The plan of the Spectator , as far as it regards the feigned person of the author , and of the ...
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... hand ; Like Homer's Hector , when he flung his fire Amidst a thousand ships , and made all Greece retire . But who can run the British triumphs o'er , And count the flames disperst on every shore ? Who can describe the scattered victory ...
... hand ; Like Homer's Hector , when he flung his fire Amidst a thousand ships , and made all Greece retire . But who can run the British triumphs o'er , And count the flames disperst on every shore ? Who can describe the scattered victory ...
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... hand at a musical ode ; but they mistook the matter , when they thought it enough to contend with Mr. Dryden . It was reserved for one or two of our days to give us a true idea of lyric poetry in English . Attend , harmonious saint ...
... hand at a musical ode ; but they mistook the matter , when they thought it enough to contend with Mr. Dryden . It was reserved for one or two of our days to give us a true idea of lyric poetry in English . Attend , harmonious saint ...
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... hand , sure pledge of amity ; When , thus encouraged , he began his tale . I'm one , says he , of poor descent , my name Is Achæmenides , my country Greece ; Ulysses ' sad compeer , who , whilst he fled The raging Cyclops , left me here ...
... hand , sure pledge of amity ; When , thus encouraged , he began his tale . I'm one , says he , of poor descent , my name Is Achæmenides , my country Greece ; Ulysses ' sad compeer , who , whilst he fled The raging Cyclops , left me here ...
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