Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 1Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - Authors, English |
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... Addison , receives a similar arrange- ment , viz . 1. A Biographical Sketch of Addison . 2. Observations on , and Specimens of , the Progress of English Style , and on the Style of Addison in particular . 3. On the Origin and Progress ...
... Addison , receives a similar arrange- ment , viz . 1. A Biographical Sketch of Addison . 2. Observations on , and Specimens of , the Progress of English Style , and on the Style of Addison in particular . 3. On the Origin and Progress ...
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... Addison was requested , and his first communication is in N ° 18 , dated May the twenty - first . * That Addison proved a most important auxi- liary , and contributed in a very essential manner toward the popularity and utility of the ...
... Addison was requested , and his first communication is in N ° 18 , dated May the twenty - first . * That Addison proved a most important auxi- liary , and contributed in a very essential manner toward the popularity and utility of the ...
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... Addison's attorney proceeded to execution : the house and furniture were sold ; the surplus Addison remitted to Steele , with a genteel letter , stating the friendly reason of this extraordinary procedure ; namely , to awaken him , if ...
... Addison's attorney proceeded to execution : the house and furniture were sold ; the surplus Addison remitted to Steele , with a genteel letter , stating the friendly reason of this extraordinary procedure ; namely , to awaken him , if ...
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... Addison , and popular deci- sion had fixed his reputation , saw and pro- claimed the merits of our epic bard , may be ranked Sir Richard Steele . At the very com- mencement of his periodical labours , and anterior to his junction with ...
... Addison , and popular deci- sion had fixed his reputation , saw and pro- claimed the merits of our epic bard , may be ranked Sir Richard Steele . At the very com- mencement of his periodical labours , and anterior to his junction with ...
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... Addison , will be confessed by every one ' who has read them with attention , and traced the amelioration of society through the periods immediately subsequent to their publication . Steele , on a subject so productive of variety and ...
... Addison , will be confessed by every one ' who has read them with attention , and traced the amelioration of society through the periods immediately subsequent to their publication . Steele , on a subject so productive of variety and ...
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