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Pagina 298
... considered them as influencing the affairs of men , he does not forbear to hint . - The utmost malice of the stars is past.- Now frequent trines the happier lights among , And high - rais'd Jove , from his dark prison freed , Those ...
... considered them as influencing the affairs of men , he does not forbear to hint . - The utmost malice of the stars is past.- Now frequent trines the happier lights among , And high - rais'd Jove , from his dark prison freed , Those ...
Pagina 377
... considered as a valuable stock of materials . When he came to London , his way of life connected him with the licentious and dissolute ; and he affected the airs and gaiety of a man of pleasure ; but his dress was always deficient ...
... considered as a valuable stock of materials . When he came to London , his way of life connected him with the licentious and dissolute ; and he affected the airs and gaiety of a man of pleasure ; but his dress was always deficient ...
Pagina 415
... considered Steele as a rival ; but Steele lived , as he .confesses , under an habitual subjection to the pre- dominating genius of Addison , whom he always mentioned with reverence , and treated with obsequi- ousness . Addison , who ...
... considered Steele as a rival ; but Steele lived , as he .confesses , under an habitual subjection to the pre- dominating genius of Addison , whom he always mentioned with reverence , and treated with obsequi- ousness . Addison , who ...
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Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Samuel Johnson,George Birkbeck Norman Hill Fragmentweergave - 1968 |
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