Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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... hand would do him wrong . It may be doubted whether Addison ever filled up his original delineation . He describes his knight as having his imagination somewhat warped ; but of this per- version he has made very little use . The ...
... hand would do him wrong . It may be doubted whether Addison ever filled up his original delineation . He describes his knight as having his imagination somewhat warped ; but of this per- version he has made very little use . The ...
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... hand , and his honour on the other , to send it into the world without any dedication . " Human happiness has always its abatements ; the brightest sunshine of success is not without a cloud . No sooner was Cato offered to the reader ...
... hand , and his honour on the other , to send it into the world without any dedication . " Human happiness has always its abatements ; the brightest sunshine of success is not without a cloud . No sooner was Cato offered to the reader ...
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... hand , which will perhaps lose somewhat of their praise when the author is known to be Jeffreys . Cato had yet other honours . It was censured as a party - play by a scholar of Oxford ; and defended in a favourable examination by Dr ...
... hand , which will perhaps lose somewhat of their praise when the author is known to be Jeffreys . Cato had yet other honours . It was censured as a party - play by a scholar of Oxford ; and defended in a favourable examination by Dr ...
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... hand ; whether it was , as Tickell pretends to think , that he was unwilling to usurp the praise of others , or as Steele , with far greater likelihood , insinuates , that he could not without discontent impart to others any of his own ...
... hand ; whether it was , as Tickell pretends to think , that he was unwilling to usurp the praise of others , or as Steele , with far greater likelihood , insinuates , that he could not without discontent impart to others any of his own ...
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... hands , he only told him it was the work of a " gentleman in the company ; and when it was received , as is confessed , with cold dis- approbation , he was probably less willing to claim it . Tickell omitted it in his collection ; but ...
... hands , he only told him it was the work of a " gentleman in the company ; and when it was received , as is confessed , with cold dis- approbation , he was probably less willing to claim it . Tickell omitted it in his collection ; but ...
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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