Selections from the Writings of Joseph AddisonGinn, 1905 - 346 pages |
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Page xiii
... lines , however , must have found their flat triviality quite enough to account for their reception . All along , too , he published more or less political writing , of which the interest , if any , is merely historical . The writings ...
... lines , however , must have found their flat triviality quite enough to account for their reception . All along , too , he published more or less political writing , of which the interest , if any , is merely historical . The writings ...
Page xvii
... lines : Yet then did Gildon 3 draw his venal quill ; I wish'd the man a dinner , and sate still : Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret ; 2 1 See Spectator , ed . Gregory Smith , New York , 1897-1898 , II , 323 . But note that Dr ...
... lines : Yet then did Gildon 3 draw his venal quill ; I wish'd the man a dinner , and sate still : Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret ; 2 1 See Spectator , ed . Gregory Smith , New York , 1897-1898 , II , 323 . But note that Dr ...
Page xviii
... lines of the various versions run : -n were he ? " ( 2 ) " Who would not weep , if Addison were he ? " ( 3 ) " Who would not weep if A- ( 4 ) " Who would not weep if Addison were he ? ” ( 5 ) " Who would not weep if A -n were he ...
... lines of the various versions run : -n were he ? " ( 2 ) " Who would not weep , if Addison were he ? " ( 3 ) " Who would not weep if A- ( 4 ) " Who would not weep if Addison were he ? ” ( 5 ) " Who would not weep if A -n were he ...
Page xxvii
... bright , Profuse of bliss , and pregnant with delight ! 7 5 1. 103 . 8 1. 93 . 4 11. 101-102 . 6 11. 113–118 . 2 11. 51-54 . 7 11. 119 ff . Finally , after some forty lines about the joyous liberties INTRODUCTION xxvii.
... bright , Profuse of bliss , and pregnant with delight ! 7 5 1. 103 . 8 1. 93 . 4 11. 101-102 . 6 11. 113–118 . 2 11. 51-54 . 7 11. 119 ff . Finally , after some forty lines about the joyous liberties INTRODUCTION xxvii.
Page xxviii
... lines like Virgil's , or like yours , shou'd praise.1 - 2 Extravagant as these compliments sound , they were merely the conventional civilities of an age when literature depended for its bread on patronage . As Macaulay remarks , too ...
... lines like Virgil's , or like yours , shou'd praise.1 - 2 Extravagant as these compliments sound , they were merely the conventional civilities of an age when literature depended for its bread on patronage . As Macaulay remarks , too ...
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