Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... Richard Savage would be of this number if Johnson's account of his life had not secured for him lasting remembrance . Johnson's Life of Savage in this volume has not less interest than the Lives of Addison and Swift , between which it ...
... Richard Savage would be of this number if Johnson's account of his life had not secured for him lasting remembrance . Johnson's Life of Savage in this volume has not less interest than the Lives of Addison and Swift , between which it ...
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... Savage . ' But Johnson , who made large allowance for temptations pressing on the poor , himself suffered and overcame the hardest trials , firm always to his duty , true servant of God and friend of man . Richard Savage's whole public ...
... Savage . ' But Johnson , who made large allowance for temptations pressing on the poor , himself suffered and overcame the hardest trials , firm always to his duty , true servant of God and friend of man . Richard Savage's whole public ...
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... Richard Steele which their joint labours have so effectually recorded . Of this memorable friendship the greater praise must be given to Steele . It is not hard to love those from whom nothing can be feared ; and Addison never con ...
... Richard Steele which their joint labours have so effectually recorded . Of this memorable friendship the greater praise must be given to Steele . It is not hard to love those from whom nothing can be feared ; and Addison never con ...
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... RICHARD SAVAGE , a man whose writings entitle him to an eminent rank in the classes of learning , and whose misfortunes claim a degree of compassion not always due to the unhappy , as they were often the consequences of the crimes of ...
... RICHARD SAVAGE , a man whose writings entitle him to an eminent rank in the classes of learning , and whose misfortunes claim a degree of compassion not always due to the unhappy , as they were often the consequences of the crimes of ...
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... Richard Savage . Born with a legal claim to honour and to affluence , he was in two months illegitimated by the Parliament , and disowned by his mother , doomed to poverty and obscurity , and launched upon the ocean of life only that he ...
... Richard Savage . Born with a legal claim to honour and to affluence , he was in two months illegitimated by the Parliament , and disowned by his mother , doomed to poverty and obscurity , and launched upon the ocean of life only that he ...
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