Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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... favour by false positions of preparatory criticism , and with poisoning the town by contradicting in the Spectator the established rule of poetical justice , because his own hero , with all his virtues , was to fall before a tyrant ...
... favour by false positions of preparatory criticism , and with poisoning the town by contradicting in the Spectator the established rule of poetical justice , because his own hero , with all his virtues , was to fall before a tyrant ...
Page 67
... favour with all the ardour of benevolence which constituted his character , promoted his interest with the utmost zeal , related his misfortunes , applauded his merit , took all the opportunities of recommending him , and asserted that ...
... favour with all the ardour of benevolence which constituted his character , promoted his interest with the utmost zeal , related his misfortunes , applauded his merit , took all the opportunities of recommending him , and asserted that ...
Page 69
... favours . He proposed to have established him in some settled scheme of life , and to have contracted a kind of alliance with him , by marrying him to a natural daughter , on whom he intended to bestow a thousand pounds . But though he ...
... favours . He proposed to have established him in some settled scheme of life , and to have contracted a kind of alliance with him , by marrying him to a natural daughter , on whom he intended to bestow a thousand pounds . But though he ...
Page 71
... favoured him ; but of which , though his virtue would not endeavour to palliate them , his gratitude would not suffer him to prolong the memory or diffuse the censure . He had In his " Wanderer " he has indeed taken an opportunity of ...
... favoured him ; but of which , though his virtue would not endeavour to palliate them , his gratitude would not suffer him to prolong the memory or diffuse the censure . He had In his " Wanderer " he has indeed taken an opportunity of ...
Page 84
... favour , that he was enabled , by frequent presents , not only to support himself , but to assist Mr. Gregory in ... favoured him ; and Page himself afterwards confessed that he had treated him with uncommon rigour . When all these ...
... favour , that he was enabled , by frequent presents , not only to support himself , but to assist Mr. Gregory in ... favoured him ; and Page himself afterwards confessed that he had treated him with uncommon rigour . When all these ...
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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