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... known , were those of a severe student . He drank little strong drink of any kind , and fed without excess in quantity , and in his earlier years without delicacy of choice . In his youth he studied late at night ; but afterwards ...
... known , were those of a severe student . He drank little strong drink of any kind , and fed without excess in quantity , and in his earlier years without delicacy of choice . In his youth he studied late at night ; but afterwards ...
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... known , and conspicuous in various stations . Of The Tatler this is told by Steele in his last paper ; and of The Spectator by Budgell , in the Preface to Theophrastus , a book which Addison has recommended , and which he was suspected ...
... known , and conspicuous in various stations . Of The Tatler this is told by Steele in his last paper ; and of The Spectator by Budgell , in the Preface to Theophrastus , a book which Addison has recommended , and which he was suspected ...
Pagina 216
... 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 peculiarities of conduct , are soon obliterated ; and ...
... 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 peculiarities of conduct , are soon obliterated ; and ...
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JOHN MILTON | 47 |
EARL OF ROCHESTER | 107 |
JOHN DRYDEN | 113 |
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Absalom and Achitophel acquaintance Addison Æneid afterwards appears blank verse censure character considered conversation Cowley criticism death declared delight desire diction diligence Dryden Dunciad Earl easily elegance endeavoured English excellence expected faults favour friends genius Georgics happy honour Iliad images imagination imitation John Dryden John Wain Johnson kind King knew known labour language Latin learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax mentioned metaphysical poets Milton mind nature neglected never NIHIL numbers observed occasion once opinion Paradise Lost passions performance perhaps Pindar play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise produced published Queen reader reason received remarks reputation resentment rhyme Samuel Johnson satire Savage says seems sentiments solicited sometimes sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler thought told tragedy translation truth Tyrconnel verses Virgil virtue write written wrote