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Pagina 12
... Addison's poem on the Peace of Ryswick was the best Latin poem since the Aeneid . Post , ADDISON , 18 . 4 Trapp quotes the following lines : - - ' Quin nunc requiris tecta virentia Nini ferocis , nunc Babel arduum , Immane opus ...
... Addison's poem on the Peace of Ryswick was the best Latin poem since the Aeneid . Post , ADDISON , 18 . 4 Trapp quotes the following lines : - - ' Quin nunc requiris tecta virentia Nini ferocis , nunc Babel arduum , Immane opus ...
Pagina 15
... Addison has recorded , hardly heard the third night 3. Smith had indeed trusted entirely to his merit ; had ensured no band of applauders , nor used any artifice to force success , and found that naked excellence was not sufficient for ...
... Addison has recorded , hardly heard the third night 3. Smith had indeed trusted entirely to his merit ; had ensured no band of applauders , nor used any artifice to force success , and found that naked excellence was not sufficient for ...
Pagina 29
... ADDISON , 29 . Useful Transactions in Philo- sophy and other sorts of Learning . Works , ii . 57. In The Present State of Wit ( 1711 ) , attributed to Gay , the writer , referring to the Transactions , says : -Though Dr. King has a ...
... ADDISON , 29 . Useful Transactions in Philo- sophy and other sorts of Learning . Works , ii . 57. In The Present State of Wit ( 1711 ) , attributed to Gay , the writer , referring to the Transactions , says : -Though Dr. King has a ...
Pagina 45
... Addison with him . Life of Halifax , p . 141 ; post , ADDISON , 26 . • Life , p . 156. Sacheverell was impeached on Jan. 12 , 1709-10 , and was tried before the Lords in March . Parl . Hist . vi . 809 , 825. Ante , DRYDEN , 109 ; KING ...
... Addison with him . Life of Halifax , p . 141 ; post , ADDISON , 26 . • Life , p . 156. Sacheverell was impeached on Jan. 12 , 1709-10 , and was tried before the Lords in March . Parl . Hist . vi . 809 , 825. Ante , DRYDEN , 109 ; KING ...
Pagina 46
... Addison began to praise him early ' , and was followed or accom- panied by other poets 2 ; perhaps by almost all , except Swift and Pope ; who forbore to flatter him in his life , and after his death spoke of him , Swift with slight ...
... Addison began to praise him early ' , and was followed or accom- panied by other poets 2 ; perhaps by almost all , except Swift and Pope ; who forbore to flatter him in his life , and after his death spoke of him , Swift with slight ...
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