Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 8
... resentment . But the sneer of jocularity was not the ' worst . Steele , whose imprudence of ' generosity , or vanity of profusion , kept him always incurably necessitous , upon some pressing exigence , in an evil hour , borrowed a ...
... resentment . But the sneer of jocularity was not the ' worst . Steele , whose imprudence of ' generosity , or vanity of profusion , kept him always incurably necessitous , upon some pressing exigence , in an evil hour , borrowed a ...
Page 32
... resentment of party has transmitted no charge of any crime . He was not one of those who are praised only after death ; for his merit was so generally acknowledged that Swift , having observed that his election passed with- out a ...
... resentment of party has transmitted no charge of any crime . He was not one of those who are praised only after death ; for his merit was so generally acknowledged that Swift , having observed that his election passed with- out a ...
Page 62
... resentment and abhorrence ; and , instead of supporting , assisting , and defending him , delight to see him struggling with misery , or that she would take every opportunity of aggravating his misfortunes , and obstruct- ing his ...
... resentment and abhorrence ; and , instead of supporting , assisting , and defending him , delight to see him struggling with misery , or that she would take every opportunity of aggravating his misfortunes , and obstruct- ing his ...
Page 69
... resentment , speak of their friends and benefactors with levity and contempt , though in their cooler moments they want neither sense of their kindness nor reverence for their virtue ; the fault , therefore , of Mr. Savage was rather ...
... resentment , speak of their friends and benefactors with levity and contempt , though in their cooler moments they want neither sense of their kindness nor reverence for their virtue ; the fault , therefore , of Mr. Savage was rather ...
Page 85
... resentment , and did not quickly lose the remembrance of an injury . He always continued to speak with anger of the insolence and par- tiality of Page , and a short time before his death revenged it by a satire . It is natural to ...
... resentment , and did not quickly lose the remembrance of an injury . He always continued to speak with anger of the insolence and par- tiality of Page , and a short time before his death revenged it by a satire . It is natural to ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards appeared calamities Cassell's Cato censure character Cheap Edition conduct considered contempt conversation criticism death declared Delany discovered distress E. W. HORNUNG elegance endeavoured expected favour fortune friends friendship genius GUSTAVE DORÉ honour Illustrated imagined Ireland J. M. BARRIE Juba justly kindness King letter likewise lived lodging London Lord Tyrconnel mankind manner MAX PEMBERTON mentioned mind misery misfortunes mother nature neglect never obliged observed occasion once opinion Orrery pamphlet 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 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