The North American Review, Volume 64Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1847 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 321
... Addison was never able , through a life spent in the day- light of the world , to throw off that embarrassment which paralyzed the action of his mind in company , and made him appear distant , cold , and still . Chesterfield , in whose ...
... Addison was never able , through a life spent in the day- light of the world , to throw off that embarrassment which paralyzed the action of his mind in company , and made him appear distant , cold , and still . Chesterfield , in whose ...
Page 322
... Addison formed that friendship with Steele which gave so decided a direction to his future life . Steele , who , though his parents were English , con- trived to be born in Dublin , as the appropriate birthplace for one of such an Irish ...
... Addison formed that friendship with Steele which gave so decided a direction to his future life . Steele , who , though his parents were English , con- trived to be born in Dublin , as the appropriate birthplace for one of such an Irish ...
Page 323
... Addison's Walk , " which is still pointed out to visiters at Oxford , as his favorite resort . By his Latin verse he acquired reputation , and with it some substantial advantage . His first attempt in English verse was an address to ...
... Addison's Walk , " which is still pointed out to visiters at Oxford , as his favorite resort . By his Latin verse he acquired reputation , and with it some substantial advantage . His first attempt in English verse was an address to ...
Page 324
... Addison's time , expected a more disinterested bounty , it was apt to be disappointed ; it was well if its de- mand for bread was answered with a single stone ; it might consider itself too happy if it was not pelted with them . Addison ...
... Addison's time , expected a more disinterested bounty , it was apt to be disappointed ; it was well if its de- mand for bread was answered with a single stone ; it might consider itself too happy if it was not pelted with them . Addison ...
Page 325
... Addison , with no small share of talent for poetry , was of course under the influence of the day , and , while his ... Addison went abroad , the volume , pub- lished with a preface of his own writing , served as an intro- duction to ...
... Addison , with no small share of talent for poetry , was of course under the influence of the day , and , while his ... Addison went abroad , the volume , pub- lished with a preface of his own writing , served as an intro- duction to ...
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