Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 14
... acquainted with his track of study , his favourite topic , his peculiar notions , and his habitual phrases . If Steele desired to write in secret , he was not lucky ; a single month detected him . His first Tatler was pub- lished April ...
... acquainted with his track of study , his favourite topic , his peculiar notions , and his habitual phrases . If Steele desired to write in secret , he was not lucky ; a single month detected him . His first Tatler was pub- lished April ...
Page 19
... acquaintance , and whom he commonly considers with little kindness . • Of essays thus elegant , thus instructive , and thus commodiously distributed , it is natural to suppose the approbation general , and the sale numerous . I once ...
... acquaintance , and whom he commonly considers with little kindness . • Of essays thus elegant , thus instructive , and thus commodiously distributed , it is natural to suppose the approbation general , and the sale numerous . I once ...
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... acquaintance with Swift . Of his habits or external manners , nothing is so often mentioned as that timorous or sullen taciturnity , which his friends called modesty by too mild a name . Steele mentions with great tenderness " that ...
... acquaintance with Swift . Of his habits or external manners , nothing is so often mentioned as that timorous or sullen taciturnity , which his friends called modesty by too mild a name . Steele mentions with great tenderness " that ...
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... acquaintance of Terence and Catullus , who had all their wit and nature , heightened with humour more exquisite and de- lightful than any other man ever possessed . " This is the fondness of a friend ; let us hear what is told us by a ...
... acquaintance of Terence and Catullus , who had all their wit and nature , heightened with humour more exquisite and de- lightful than any other man ever possessed . " This is the fondness of a friend ; let us hear what is told us by a ...
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... acquaintance with the sciences , and to have read little except Latin and French ; but of the Latin poets his " Dialogues on Medals " show that he had perused the works with great diligence and skill . The abundance of his own mind left ...
... acquaintance with the sciences , and to have read little except Latin and French ; but of the Latin poets his " Dialogues on Medals " show that he had perused the works with great diligence and skill . The abundance of his own mind left ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards allowed appeared calamities Cato censure character Chevy Chase conduct considered contempt conversation criticism death declared Delany discovered distress elegance endeavoured expected favour fortune friends friendship genius Georgic honour imagined Ireland Juba Juba's justly kindness knew letter likewise lived lodging London Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax Lord Tyrconnel mankind manner mentioned merit mind misery misfortunes mother nature neglect never obliged observed occasion once opinion Orrery pamphlet panegyric paper passion pension performance perhaps person pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical Pope pounds praise procured promise published queen reader reason received regard reputation resentment resolution retired Richard Savage Savage Savage's says scrupulosity Sempronius sentiments Sir Richard Sir Richard Steele Sir Robert Walpole Sir Thomas Overbury solicited sometimes soon Spectator Steele suffered sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler tenderness thought Tickell tion told tragedy verses virtue Whigs write wrote