Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 73
... lodging , and often without meat ; nor had he any other conveni- ences for study than the fields or the streets allowed him ; there he used to walk and form his speeches , and after- wards step into a shop , beg for a few moments the ...
... lodging , and often without meat ; nor had he any other conveni- ences for study than the fields or the streets allowed him ; there he used to walk and form his speeches , and after- wards step into a shop , beg for a few moments the ...
Page 76
... lodging which he had in Westminster ; and accidentally meeting two gentlemen , his acquaint- ances , whose names were Merchant and Gregory , he went in with them to a neighbouring coffee - house , and sat drinking till it was late , it ...
... lodging which he had in Westminster ; and accidentally meeting two gentlemen , his acquaint- ances , whose names were Merchant and Gregory , he went in with them to a neighbouring coffee - house , and sat drinking till it was late , it ...
Page 123
... lodging , meat , or clothes , one of his friends , a man indeed not remarkable for moderation in his prosperity , left a message that he desired to see him about nine in the morning . Savage knew that his inten- tion was to assist him ...
... lodging , meat , or clothes , one of his friends , a man indeed not remarkable for moderation in his prosperity , left a message that he desired to see him about nine in the morning . Savage knew that his inten- tion was to assist him ...
Page 124
... which the publication would indeed have been a punishment too severe for so impotent an assault . The great hardships of poverty were to Savage not the want of lodging or food , but the neglect and 124 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... which the publication would indeed have been a punishment too severe for so impotent an assault . The great hardships of poverty were to Savage not the want of lodging or food , but the neglect and 124 LIVES OF THE POETS .
Page 125
Samuel Johnson. want of lodging or food , but the neglect and contempt which it drew upon him . He complained that , as his affairs grew desperate , he found his reputation for capacity visibly decline ; that his opinion in questions of ...
Samuel Johnson. want of lodging or food , but the neglect and contempt which it drew upon him . He complained that , as his affairs grew desperate , he found his reputation for capacity visibly decline ; that his opinion in questions of ...
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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