Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 26
... expected from Milton's savage- ness , or Oldmixon's meanness , was not suitable to the delicacy of Addison . Steele thought the humour of the Frecholder too nice and gentle for such noisy times , and is reported to have said that the ...
... expected from Milton's savage- ness , or Oldmixon's meanness , was not suitable to the delicacy of Addison . Steele thought the humour of the Frecholder too nice and gentle for such noisy times , and is reported to have said that the ...
Page 42
... expected without solicitude , and are remembered without joy or sorrow . Of the agents we have no care ; we consider not what they are doing , or what they are suffering ; we wish only to know what they have to say . Cato is a being ...
... expected without solicitude , and are remembered without joy or sorrow . Of the agents we have no care ; we consider not what they are doing , or what they are suffering ; we wish only to know what they have to say . Cato is a being ...
Page 68
... expected that Sir Richard would call for the reckoning , and return home ; but his expectations deceived him , for Sir Richard told him that he was without money , and that the pamphlet must be sold before the dinner could be paid for ...
... expected that Sir Richard would call for the reckoning , and return home ; but his expectations deceived him , for Sir Richard told him that he was without money , and that the pamphlet must be sold before the dinner could be paid for ...
Page 74
... expected on the stage , and he was so much ashamed of having been reduced to appear , as a player , that he always blotted out his name from the list when a copy of his tragedy was to be shown to his friends . In the publication of his ...
... expected on the stage , and he was so much ashamed of having been reduced to appear , as a player , that he always blotted out his name from the list when a copy of his tragedy was to be shown to his friends . In the publication of his ...
Page 93
... expected that he should have gained considerable advantage ; nor can it , without some degree of indignation and concern , be told , that he sold the copy for ten guineas , of which he afterwards re- turned two , that the two last ...
... expected that he should have gained considerable advantage ; nor can it , without some degree of indignation and concern , be told , that he sold the copy for ten guineas , of which he afterwards re- turned two , that the two last ...
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