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... short , his observations are such as might be supplied by a hasty view , and consist chiefly in comparisons of the present face of the country with the descriptions left us by the Roman poets , from whom he made preparatory collections ...
... short , his observations are such as might be supplied by a hasty view , and consist chiefly in comparisons of the present face of the country with the descriptions left us by the Roman poets , from whom he made preparatory collections ...
Pagina 16
... short papers , which we read , not as study , but amusement . If the subject be slight , the treatise is short . The busy may find time , and the idle may find patience . This mode of conveying cheap and easy knowledge began among us in ...
... short papers , which we read , not as study , but amusement . If the subject be slight , the treatise is short . The busy may find time , and the idle may find patience . This mode of conveying cheap and easy knowledge began among us in ...
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... , by Addison . It came too late to be of use , so I inspected it but slightly , and remember it indistinctly . I thought the passages too short . Addison , however , did not conclude his life in peaceful studies 28 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... , by Addison . It came too late to be of use , so I inspected it but slightly , and remember it indistinctly . I thought the passages too short . Addison , however , did not conclude his life in peaceful studies 28 LIVES OF THE POETS .
Pagina 31
... short time is lost for ever . What is known can seldom be immediately told ; and when it might be told , it is no longer known . The delicate features of the mind , the nice discriminations of character , and the minute pecu- liarities ...
... short time is lost for ever . What is known can seldom be immediately told ; and when it might be told , it is no longer known . The delicate features of the mind , the nice discriminations of character , and the minute pecu- liarities ...
Pagina 32
... short time . In Tickell's excellent Elegy on his friend are these lines : - " He taught us how to live ; and , oh ! too high The price of knowledge , taught us how to die " - - in which he alludes , as he told Dr. Young , to this moving ...
... short time . In Tickell's excellent Elegy on his friend are these lines : - " He taught us how to live ; and , oh ! too high The price of knowledge , taught us how to die " - - in which he alludes , as he told Dr. Young , to this moving ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards allowed appeared calamities Cassell's Cato censure character Cheap Edition conduct considered contempt conversation death declared Delany discovered distress E. W. HORNUNG elegance endeavoured expected favour fortune friends friendship genius honour Illustrated imagined Ireland Juba justly kindness King letter likewise lived lodging London Lord Tyrconnel mankind manner MAX PEMBERTON mentioned merit mind misery misfortunes mother nature neglect never obliged observed occasion once opinion Orrery pamphlet panegyric passion pension performance perhaps pleasure poem poet poetical Pope pounds praise promise published queen R. L. STEVENSON reader reason received regard resentment resolution retired Richard Savage ROBERT STAWELL BALL SAMUEL JOHNSON Savage Savage's says Sempronius sent sentiments Sir Richard Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon Spectator STANLEY WEYMAN Steele suffered sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler tenderness thought Tickell tion told tragedy verses virtue Vols Whigs write wrote