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Pagina 14
... fortunes of the Great Mogul , and the fate of Hannibal . This mono- tony of subject was doubtless in part the result of policy , for , in pitying the fortunes of Montezuma , the imagination of the spectator insensibly recalled those of ...
... fortunes of the Great Mogul , and the fate of Hannibal . This mono- tony of subject was doubtless in part the result of policy , for , in pitying the fortunes of Montezuma , the imagination of the spectator insensibly recalled those of ...
Pagina 29
... fortunes . Leaving the Charter House in 1687 , at the early age of fifteen , he was entered at Queen's College , Oxford , and remained a member of that society for two years , when a copy of his Latin verses fell into the hands of Dr ...
... fortunes . Leaving the Charter House in 1687 , at the early age of fifteen , he was entered at Queen's College , Oxford , and remained a member of that society for two years , when a copy of his Latin verses fell into the hands of Dr ...
Pagina 36
... fortunes . It is true that Tickell , Addison's earliest biographer , states that his determination not to take orders was the result of his own habitual self - distrust , and of a fear of the responsibilities which the clerical office ...
... fortunes . It is true that Tickell , Addison's earliest biographer , states that his determination not to take orders was the result of his own habitual self - distrust , and of a fear of the responsibilities which the clerical office ...
Pagina 38
... fortunes . " Rag " was a man of fine accomplishments and graceful humour , but , like other scholars of the same class , indolent and licentious . In spite of great indulgence extended to him by the authorities of Christ Church , he was ...
... fortunes . " Rag " was a man of fine accomplishments and graceful humour , but , like other scholars of the same class , indolent and licentious . In spite of great indulgence extended to him by the authorities of Christ Church , he was ...
Pagina 55
William John Courthope. CHAPTER IV . HIS EMPLOYMENT IN AFFAIRS OF STATE . ADDISON'S fortunes were now at their lowest ebb . The party from which he had looked for preferment was out of office ; his chief political patron was in ...
William John Courthope. CHAPTER IV . HIS EMPLOYMENT IN AFFAIRS OF STATE . ADDISON'S fortunes were now at their lowest ebb . The party from which he had looked for preferment was out of office ; his chief political patron was in ...
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