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Pagina 6
... taken as a proof that at that time his professional merits were in some degree appreciated and in the reign of James II . his prac- tice is said to have produced £ 700 a - year , which at that time was a very large income for a common ...
... taken as a proof that at that time his professional merits were in some degree appreciated and in the reign of James II . his prac- tice is said to have produced £ 700 a - year , which at that time was a very large income for a common ...
Pagina 25
... taken against fraud in the quality of goods sold to them ; and that all dif- ferences between the two nations should be adjudged by twelve men , six of each . And he declares his intention " to leave myself and my successors no power of ...
... taken against fraud in the quality of goods sold to them ; and that all dif- ferences between the two nations should be adjudged by twelve men , six of each . And he declares his intention " to leave myself and my successors no power of ...
Pagina 32
... " Historical Review , & c . of Pennsylvania , ' for a view of the exceptions which have been taken to Penn's character as a statesman , may be advantageously consulted , 33 ADDISON . JOSEPH ADDISON , the second of the 32 PENN .
... " Historical Review , & c . of Pennsylvania , ' for a view of the exceptions which have been taken to Penn's character as a statesman , may be advantageously consulted , 33 ADDISON . JOSEPH ADDISON , the second of the 32 PENN .
Pagina 38
... taken up again . The first Number came out March 12 , 1713 ; the last , October 1 , 1713. Inattention to marks has sometimes subjected Addison to unde- served censure . Dr. Blair vindicates Tasso's de- scription of Sylvia against the ...
... taken up again . The first Number came out March 12 , 1713 ; the last , October 1 , 1713. Inattention to marks has sometimes subjected Addison to unde- served censure . Dr. Blair vindicates Tasso's de- scription of Sylvia against the ...
Pagina 39
... taken up with thoughts of that nature , for these two or three years last past , that I must now take some time pour me délasser , and lay in fuel for a future work , I am in a thousand troubles for poor Dick , and wish that his zeal ...
... taken up with thoughts of that nature , for these two or three years last past , that I must now take some time pour me délasser , and lay in fuel for a future work , I am in a thousand troubles for poor Dick , and wish that his zeal ...
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Abbé acquainted Addison admiration afterwards appeared appointed army became Bentley Brindley Buffon celebrated character church College commenced composed conduct continued court Daguesseau death Defoe discovery Dollond Duke Dunciad early edition employed England English father favour formed Frederic French friends genius Halley Handel Hogarth honour House Ingria King l'Epée labours letters Linnæus lived London Lord Lord Somers Louis XIV manner Marlborough master memoir ment merit method of fluxions mind Mozart natural never Newton nutation object observed obtained occasion opera Oxford Parliament Penn person Peter Dollond philosophical political Pope Pope's possessed principles published racter Rake's Progress received remarkable residence Robinson Crusoe Rousseau Royal Society Russia says Senesino sent ship Somers soon stars success Sweden Swift talents taste tion took Trinity College Voltaire Whig Wren writings
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Pagina 168 - His Tale of a Tub has little resemblance to his other pieces. It exhibits a vehemence and rapidity of mind, a copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction, such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted. It is of a mode so distinct and peculiar, that it must be considered by itself; what is true of that, is not true of anything else which he has written.
Pagina 274 - Pitt was then one of the poor; and to him Heaven directed a portion of the wealth of the haughty Dowager. She left him a legacy of ten thousand pounds, in consideration of " the noble defence he had made for the support of the laws of England, and to prevent the ruin of his country.
Pagina 107 - The Original Power of the Collective Body of the People of England Examined and Asserted ; the other, The Freeholder's Plea against the Stock-jobbing Elections of Parliament-men.
Pagina 15 - An Act for the Amendment of the Law and the better Advancement of Justice...
Pagina 284 - I know that the conquest of English America is an impossibility. You cannot, I venture to say it, you cannot conquer America.
Pagina 494 - His talents of every kind, powerful from nature, and not meanly cultivated by letters, his social virtues in all the relations and all the habitudes of life, rendered him the centre of a very great and unparalleled variety of agreeable societies, which will be dissipated by his death. He had too much merit not to excite some jealousy, too much innocence to provoke any enmity. The loss of no man of his time can be felt with more sincere, general, and unmixed sorrow.
Pagina 44 - It is not uncommon, for those who have grown wise by the labour of others, to add a little of their own, and overlook their masters. Addison is now despised by some who perhaps would never have seen his defects, but by the lights which he afforded them.
Pagina 242 - Millar told me that in a twelvemonth he sold only forty-five copies of it. I scarcely, indeed, heard of one man in the three kingdoms, considerable for rank or letters, that could endure the book.
Pagina 149 - Miscellany, in a volume which began with the pastorals of Philips, and ended with those of Pope. The same year was written the Essay on Criticism ; a work which displays such extent of comprehension, such nicety of distinction, such acquaintance with mankind, and such knowledge both of ancient and modern learning, as are not often attained by the maturest age and longest experience. It was published about two years afterwards ; and being praised by Addison in the Spectator* with sufficient liberality,...
Pagina 195 - But soon, ah soon, rebellion will commence, If music meanly borrows aid from sense : Strong in new arms, lo ! giant Handel stands, Like bold Briareus, with a hundred hands ; To stir, to rouse, to shake the soul he comes, And Jove's own thunders follow Mars's drums, Arrest him, empress ; or you sleep no more...