Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 14
... able , the malignant and blasting influence of the Lieutenant ; and that at least by his intervention some good was done , and some mis- chief prevented . When he was in office he made a law to himself , as Swift has recorded , never to ...
... able , the malignant and blasting influence of the Lieutenant ; and that at least by his intervention some good was done , and some mis- chief prevented . When he was in office he made a law to himself , as Swift has recorded , never to ...
Page 35
... able to preserve himself from being enslaved by his auxiliary ? Among those friends it was that Addison displayed the elegance of his colloquial accomplishments , which may easily be supposed such as Pope represents them . The remark of ...
... able to preserve himself from being enslaved by his auxiliary ? Among those friends it was that Addison displayed the elegance of his colloquial accomplishments , which may easily be supposed such as Pope represents them . The remark of ...
Page 60
... able to teach others the way to happiness , should with most certainty follow it themselves . But this ex- pectation , however plausible , has been very frequently disappointed . The heroes of literary as well as civil history have been ...
... able to teach others the way to happiness , should with most certainty follow it themselves . But this ex- pectation , however plausible , has been very frequently disappointed . The heroes of literary as well as civil history have been ...
Page 69
... able to keep his promises , or execute his own intentions ; and , as he was never able to raise the sum which he had offered , the marriage was delayed . In the meantime he was officiously informed that Mr. Savage had ridiculed him ; by ...
... able to keep his promises , or execute his own intentions ; and , as he was never able to raise the sum which he had offered , the marriage was delayed . In the meantime he was officiously informed that Mr. Savage had ridiculed him ; by ...
Page 74
... able to bring his play upon the stage in the summer , when the chief actors had retired , and the rest were in possession of the house for their own advantage . Among these , Mr. Savage was admitted to play the part of Sir Thomas ...
... able to bring his play upon the stage in the summer , when the chief actors had retired , and the rest were in possession of the house for their own advantage . Among these , Mr. Savage was admitted to play the part of Sir Thomas ...
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