Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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... passion . He is said to have first known her by becoming tutor to her son . " He formed , " said Tonson , " the design of getting that lady from the time when he was first taken into the family . " In what part of his life he obtained ...
... passion . He is said to have first known her by becoming tutor to her son . " He formed , " said Tonson , " the design of getting that lady from the time when he was first taken into the family . " In what part of his life he obtained ...
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... majority in the House of Lords , so limited , would have been despotic and irresistible . To prevent this subversion of the ancient establishment , Steele , whose pen readily seconded his political passions , ADDISON . 29.
... majority in the House of Lords , so limited , would have been despotic and irresistible . To prevent this subversion of the ancient establishment , Steele , whose pen readily seconded his political passions , ADDISON . 29.
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Samuel Johnson. Steele , whose pen readily seconded his political passions , endeavoured to alarm the nation by a pamphlet called " The Plebeian . ” To this an answer was published by Addison , under the title of " The Old Whig , " in ...
Samuel Johnson. Steele , whose pen readily seconded his political passions , endeavoured to alarm the nation by a pamphlet called " The Plebeian . ” To this an answer was published by Addison , under the title of " The Old Whig , " in ...
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... passions , and the power of consulting his own mind in the midst of danger . The rejection and contempt of fiction is rational and manly . It may be observed that the last line is imitated by Pope : - 66 " Marlb'rough's exploits appear ...
... passions , and the power of consulting his own mind in the midst of danger . The rejection and contempt of fiction is rational and manly . It may be observed that the last line is imitated by Pope : - 66 " Marlb'rough's exploits appear ...
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... passions by a plot without doors , since he despairs of doing it by that which he brings upon the stage . That party and passion , and prepossession , are clamorous and tumultuous things , and so much the more clamorous and tumultuous ...
... passions by a plot without doors , since he despairs of doing it by that which he brings upon the stage . That party and passion , and prepossession , are clamorous and tumultuous things , and so much the more clamorous and tumultuous ...
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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