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" thought herself entitled to treat with very little Ceremony the tutor of her son. Howe's ballad of the Despairing Shepherd, is said to have been written, either before or after marriage, upon this memorable pair; and it is certain that Addison has left... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 421
by Samuel Johnson - 1825
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 22; Volume 85

1875 - 822 pages
...to be owned as her husband. “The marriage,” Johnson says, “made no addition to his happiness. It is certain that Addison has left behind him no encouragement for ambitious love.” What Addison could relinquish of his cares he did very soon, by resigning his secretaryship. But his...
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Miscellanies,

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1877 - 646 pages
...credited, made no addition to his happiness; it neither found them, nor made them, equal. . . . Rowe's ballad of ' The Despairing Shepherd' is said to have...before or after marriage, upon this memorable pair." —DR. JOHNSON. The issue of this marriage was a daughter, Charlotte Addison, who inherited, on her...
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The Six Chief Lives: From Johnson's "Lives of the Poets", with Macaulay's ...

Samuel Johnson - 1878 - 504 pages
...to his happiness; it neither found them nor made them equal. She always remembered her own rank, and thought herself entitled to treat with very little ceremony the tutor of her son. Rowe's ballad of the Despairing Shepherd is said to have been written, either before or after marriage,...
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Sketches of Eminent Statesmen and Writers: With Other Essays, Volume 2

Abraham Hayward - 1880 - 444 pages
...addition to his happiness. It neither found nor made them equal. She always remembered her own rank, and thought herself entitled to treat with very little ceremony the tutor of her son." That his advances were " certainly timorous " is mere matter of inference. So little is known of the...
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Sketches of eminent statesmen and writers, with other ..., Issue 290, Volume 2

Abraham Hayward - 1880 - 494 pages
...addition to his happiness. It neither found nor made them equal. She always remembered her own rank, and thought herself entitled to treat with very little ceremony the tutor of her son." That his advances were " certainly timorous " is mere matter of inference. So little is known of the...
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Sketches of Eminent Statesmen and Writers: With Other Essays, Volume 2

Abraham Hayward - 1880 - 470 pages
...addition to his happiness. It neither found nor made them equal. She always remembered her own rank, and thought herself entitled to treat with very little ceremony the tutor of her son.” That his advances wore “certainly timorous” is mere matter of inference. So little is known of...
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Roundabout Papers: (from the Cornhill Magazine) To which is Added The Second ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - 668 pages
...be credited, made no addition to his happiness ; it neither found them, nor made them, equal. * * * Howe's ballad of ' The Despairing Shepherd ' is said...either before or after marriage, upon this memorable pair."—DR. JOHNSON. " I received the news of Mr. Addison's being declared Secretary of State with...
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 416 pages
...credited, made no addition to his happiness; it neither found them, nor made them, equal. . . . Rowe's ballad of • The Despairing Shepherd ' is said to...either before or after marriage, upon this memorable pair."—Dr. Johnson. But it is not for his reputation as the great author of " Cato " and the " Campaign,"...
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The Six Chief Lives from Johnson's Lives of the Poets: With Macaulay's "Life ...

Samuel Johnson - 1886 - 516 pages
...to his happiness; it neither found them nor made them equal. She always remembered her own rank, and thought herself entitled to treat with very little ceremony the tutor of her son. Rowe's ballad of the Despairing Shepherd is said to have been written, either before or after marriage,...
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The Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges ; The ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1889 - 554 pages
...them both." — LADY WORTLEYMONTAGU to POPE: Works, Lord Wharndiffe'sedit. vol. ii. p. 111. hi r 1' is said to have been written, either before or after marriage, upon this memorable pair." — DR. JOHNSON. Ko we appears to have been faithful to Addison during his courtship, for his Collection...
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