Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 11
... present face of the country with the descriptions left us by the Roman poets , from whom he made preparatory collections , though he might have spared the trouble had he known that such collections had been made twice ADDISON . 11.
... present face of the country with the descriptions left us by the Roman poets , from whom he made preparatory collections , though he might have spared the trouble had he known that such collections had been made twice ADDISON . 11.
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... present , when they can accompany it with as good a sentence . " The play , supported thus by the emulation of factious praise , was acted night after night for a longer time than , I believe , the public had allowed to any drama before ...
... present , when they can accompany it with as good a sentence . " The play , supported thus by the emulation of factious praise , was acted night after night for a longer time than , I believe , the public had allowed to any drama before ...
Page 24
... Present State of the War , and the Neces- sity of an Augmentation ; " which , however judicious , being written on temporary topics , and exhibiting no peculiar powers , laid hold on no attention , and has naturally sunk by its own ...
... Present State of the War , and the Neces- sity of an Augmentation ; " which , however judicious , being written on temporary topics , and exhibiting no peculiar powers , laid hold on no attention , and has naturally sunk by its own ...
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... present danger ; instead of meditating and contriving how he shall pass with his mistress through the southern gate , where her brother Marcus is upon the guard , and where he would certainly prove an impediment to him ( which is the ...
... present danger ; instead of meditating and contriving how he shall pass with his mistress through the southern gate , where her brother Marcus is upon the guard , and where he would certainly prove an impediment to him ( which is the ...
Page 56
... present generation is scarcely willing to allow him . His criticism is condemned as tentative or experi- mental rather than scientific ; and he is considered as deciding by taste rather than by principles . It is not uncommon for those ...
... present generation is scarcely willing to allow him . His criticism is condemned as tentative or experi- mental rather than scientific ; and he is considered as deciding by taste rather than by principles . It is not uncommon for those ...
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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