The Spectator, Volume 1Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 - English essays |
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... short , that ADDISON was deterred from prosecu- ting his own design with respect to Sir ROGER . " Now I beg leave to observe , in the first place , that it never was , or could be , ADDISON's purpose to represent Sir ROGER as a person ...
... short , that ADDISON was deterred from prosecu- ting his own design with respect to Sir ROGER . " Now I beg leave to observe , in the first place , that it never was , or could be , ADDISON's purpose to represent Sir ROGER as a person ...
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... short scrap of a will , written a day or two before , im- porting that he left all his personal estate to his natural daughter , ANNE BUDGELL , then about eleven years of age . This last circumstance is not very consistent with the ...
... short scrap of a will , written a day or two before , im- porting that he left all his personal estate to his natural daughter , ANNE BUDGELL , then about eleven years of age . This last circumstance is not very consistent with the ...
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... short letter , signed Eustace , in No. 539 , and of Nos . 591 , 602 , 605 , and 628 , the last of which contains a Latin transla- tion of Cato's soliloquy , formerly said to be the production of ATTERBURY , but which Mr. Ni- CHOLS has ...
... short letter , signed Eustace , in No. 539 , and of Nos . 591 , 602 , 605 , and 628 , the last of which contains a Latin transla- tion of Cato's soliloquy , formerly said to be the production of ATTERBURY , but which Mr. Ni- CHOLS has ...
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... short letters , intended for the GUARDIAN , which are added to the present edition . The general character of all his essays is favourable ; he appears to have possessed a mild and agreeable humour , some of the strokes of which are ...
... short letters , intended for the GUARDIAN , which are added to the present edition . The general character of all his essays is favourable ; he appears to have possessed a mild and agreeable humour , some of the strokes of which are ...
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... short letter with a few verses , is all that can with certainty be ascribed to him . His " Messiah " was published in No. 378 , and the annotators deduce that he wrote No. 408 , from its train of thought , which is the same that occurs ...
... short letter with a few verses , is all that can with certainty be ascribed to him . His " Messiah " was published in No. 378 , and the annotators deduce that he wrote No. 408 , from its train of thought , which is the same that occurs ...
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