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Pagina iv
In his twenty - fecond year he first shewed his power of English poetry , by fome verfes addreffed to Dryden ; and foon after published a transla tion of the greater part of the Fourth Georgic upon Bees ; after which , fays Dryden , my ...
In his twenty - fecond year he first shewed his power of English poetry , by fome verfes addreffed to Dryden ; and foon after published a transla tion of the greater part of the Fourth Georgic upon Bees ; after which , fays Dryden , my ...
Pagina xv
... which is a cloak that hides and muffles merit : " Chefterfield affirms that " Addifon was the most ti66 morous and awkward man that he ever faw : " And Addifon , fpeaking of his own deficience in conversation , ufed to fay of ...
... which is a cloak that hides and muffles merit : " Chefterfield affirms that " Addifon was the most ti66 morous and awkward man that he ever faw : " And Addifon , fpeaking of his own deficience in conversation , ufed to fay of ...
Pagina xvi
The time in which he lived had reason to lament his obftinacy of filence ; " for he was , ( fays . " Steele ) above all men in that talent called hu6 : mour , and enjoyed it in fuch perfection , that " I have often reflected after a ...
The time in which he lived had reason to lament his obftinacy of filence ; " for he was , ( fays . " Steele ) above all men in that talent called hu6 : mour , and enjoyed it in fuch perfection , that " I have often reflected after a ...
Pagina xxv
But if I fhould take notice of all that might be observed in your Lordship , I fhould have nothing new to fay upon any other character of diftinction . I am , VOL . I. MY LORD , Your Lordship's moft obedient , most devoted , humble ...
But if I fhould take notice of all that might be observed in your Lordship , I fhould have nothing new to fay upon any other character of diftinction . I am , VOL . I. MY LORD , Your Lordship's moft obedient , most devoted , humble ...
Pagina 8
He has made his fortune himself ; and fays that England may be richer than other kingdoms , by as plain methods as he himself is richer than other men ; though at the fame time I can say this of him , that there is not a point in the ...
He has made his fortune himself ; and fays that England may be richer than other kingdoms , by as plain methods as he himself is richer than other men ; though at the fame time I can say this of him , that there is not a point in the ...
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