Essays of Joseph Addison, 1. köideMacmillan and Company, limited, 1915 |
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Page 10
... Bickerstaff ; but those of the upper end received it with disdain , and said , if they must have a British worthy , they would have Robin Hood , While I was transported with the honour that was done 10 THE VISION OF FAME.
... Bickerstaff ; but those of the upper end received it with disdain , and said , if they must have a British worthy , they would have Robin Hood , While I was transported with the honour that was done 10 THE VISION OF FAME.
Page 27
... Bickerstaff , who eked out the precarious gains of pure literature by the much more solid resources of palmistry and astrology . From the present passage we learn that he wisely trusted for his daily bread rather to the ignorance and ...
... Bickerstaff , who eked out the precarious gains of pure literature by the much more solid resources of palmistry and astrology . From the present passage we learn that he wisely trusted for his daily bread rather to the ignorance and ...
Page 72
... Bickerstaff , " says he , " you would have another opinion of him if you would read him in Daniel Heinsius's edition . I have perused him myself several times in that edition , " continued he ; " and after the strictest and most ...
... Bickerstaff , " says he , " you would have another opinion of him if you would read him in Daniel Heinsius's edition . I have perused him myself several times in that edition , " continued he ; " and after the strictest and most ...
Page 75
... Bicker- staff , " says he , " I observe by a late paper of yours that you and I are just of a humour ; for you must know , of all impertinencies there is nothing which I so much hate as news . I never read a Gazette in my life ; and ...
... Bicker- staff , " says he , " I observe by a late paper of yours that you and I are just of a humour ; for you must know , of all impertinencies there is nothing which I so much hate as news . I never read a Gazette in my life ; and ...
Page 77
... Bickerstaff , " says he , shaking me by the hand , " everybody knows you to be a judge of these things ; and to tell you truly , I read over Roscommon's translation of Horace's Art of Poetry three several times before I sat down to ...
... Bickerstaff , " says he , shaking me by the hand , " everybody knows you to be a judge of these things ; and to tell you truly , I read over Roscommon's translation of Horace's Art of Poetry three several times before I sat down to ...
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