Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 1Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - Authors, English |
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Page 38
... death of Tillotson in 1694 to the appearance of the Tat lers . * One great cause of this defalcation , as hath been hinted before , is to be attributed to the warmth of political contest , which at that time universally agitating and ...
... death of Tillotson in 1694 to the appearance of the Tat lers . * One great cause of this defalcation , as hath been hinted before , is to be attributed to the warmth of political contest , which at that time universally agitating and ...
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... ever knew , ” says he , was upon the death of my father , at which time I was not quite five years of age ; but was rather amazed at what all the house 66 I re- meant , than possessed with a real understanding Biographical Sketch of Steele.
... ever knew , ” says he , was upon the death of my father , at which time I was not quite five years of age ; but was rather amazed at what all the house 66 I re- meant , than possessed with a real understanding Biographical Sketch of Steele.
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... death alone had power to interrupt . From the Charter - house he removed , in 1692 , to Merton College , Oxford , and his name stands at the head of the Postmasters admitted that year . His taste for elegant literature was in this place ...
... death alone had power to interrupt . From the Charter - house he removed , in 1692 , to Merton College , Oxford , and his name stands at the head of the Postmasters admitted that year . His taste for elegant literature was in this place ...
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... death of Queen Mary furnished him a sub- ject . It was , however , ill adapted to his powers , which were not calculated to shine in the higher departments of poetry , and was a proof that he knew not at that time where the strength of ...
... death of Queen Mary furnished him a sub- ject . It was , however , ill adapted to his powers , which were not calculated to shine in the higher departments of poetry , and was a proof that he knew not at that time where the strength of ...
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... death of his friend , that Steele acknowledged the assistance he had re- ceived ; and he then did it in the following affec- tionate terms : " I remember , " says he , " when I finished the Tender Husband , I told him ( Addi- son ) ...
... death of his friend , that Steele acknowledged the assistance he had re- ceived ; and he then did it in the following affec- tionate terms : " I remember , " says he , " when I finished the Tender Husband , I told him ( Addi- son ) ...
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