Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 19
... sufficient to expose it to the censure of a British audience . The time , however , was now come when those who affected to think liberty in danger affected likewise to think that a stage - play might preserve it ; and Addison was ...
... sufficient to expose it to the censure of a British audience . The time , however , was now come when those who affected to think liberty in danger affected likewise to think that a stage - play might preserve it ; and Addison was ...
Page 32
... sufficient testimony that the 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 ...
... sufficient testimony that the 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 ...
Page 69
... sufficient to discover that such weakness is very common , and that there are few who do not sometimes , in the wantonness of thoughtless mirth , or the heat of transient resentment , speak of their friends and benefactors with levity ...
... sufficient to discover that such weakness is very common , and that there are few who do not sometimes , in the wantonness of thoughtless mirth , or the heat of transient resentment , speak of their friends and benefactors with levity ...
Page 78
... sufficient to show , that the hurry of the dispute was such that it was not easy to discover the truth with relation to particular circum- stances , and that therefore some deductions were to be made from the credibility of the ...
... sufficient to show , that the hurry of the dispute was such that it was not easy to discover the truth with relation to particular circum- stances , and that therefore some deductions were to be made from the credibility of the ...
Page 87
... sufficient to make any place of public entertainment popular , and his appro- bation and example constituted the fashion . So power- ful is genius , when it is invested with the glitter of affluence ! Men willingly pay to fortune that ...
... sufficient to make any place of public entertainment popular , and his appro- bation and example constituted the fashion . So power- ful is genius , when it is invested with the glitter of affluence ! Men willingly pay to fortune that ...
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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