Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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... believe the tale with which he sought to enforce claim upon the Tichborne baronetcy . Savage had literary skill , and he could personate the manners of a gentleman in days when there were still gentlemen of fashion who drank , lied ...
... believe the tale with which he sought to enforce claim upon the Tichborne baronetcy . Savage had literary skill , and he could personate the manners of a gentleman in days when there were still gentlemen of fashion who drank , lied ...
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... believe , placed him for some time , probably not long , under Mr. Shaw , then master of the school at Lichfield , father of the late Dr. Peter Shaw . Of this interval his biographers have given no account , and I know it only from a ...
... believe , placed him for some time , probably not long , under Mr. Shaw , then master of the school at Lichfield , father of the late Dr. Peter Shaw . Of this interval his biographers have given no account , and I know it only from a ...
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... believe that little time was lost . But he remained not long neglected or useless . The victory at Blenheim ( 1704 ) spread triumph and confidence over the nation ; and Lord Godolphin , lamenting to Lord Halifax that it had not been ...
... believe that little time was lost . But he remained not long neglected or useless . The victory at Blenheim ( 1704 ) spread triumph and confidence over the nation ; and Lord Godolphin , lamenting to Lord Halifax that it had not been ...
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... believe , sufficiently disposed to bar all avenues against all danger . When Pope brought him the prologue , which is properly accommodated to the play , there were these words , " Britains , arise ! be worth like this approved ...
... believe , sufficiently disposed to bar all avenues against all danger . When Pope brought him the prologue , which is properly accommodated to the play , there were these words , " Britains , arise ! be worth like this approved ...
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... believe , the public had allowed to any drama before ; and the author , as Mrs. Porter long afterwards related , wandered through the whole exhibition behind the scenes with restless and unappeasable solicitude . When it was printed ...
... believe , the public had allowed to any drama before ; and the author , as Mrs. Porter long afterwards related , wandered through the whole exhibition behind the scenes with restless and unappeasable solicitude . When it was printed ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards allowed appeared calamities Cassell's Cato censure character Cheap Edition conduct considered contempt conversation death declared Delany discovered distress E. W. HORNUNG elegance endeavoured expected favour fortune friends friendship genius honour Illustrated imagined Ireland Juba justly kindness King letter likewise lived lodging London Lord Tyrconnel mankind manner MAX PEMBERTON mentioned merit mind misery misfortunes mother nature neglect never obliged observed occasion once opinion Orrery pamphlet panegyric passion pension performance perhaps pleasure poem poet poetical Pope pounds praise promise published queen R. L. STEVENSON reader reason received regard resentment resolution retired Richard Savage ROBERT STAWELL BALL SAMUEL JOHNSON Savage Savage's says Sempronius sent sentiments Sir Richard Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon Spectator STANLEY WEYMAN Steele suffered sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler tenderness thought Tickell tion told tragedy verses virtue Vols Whigs write wrote