Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 15
... calamities , impress hourly vexation , was first attempted by Casa in his book of " Manners , " and Castig- lione in his " Courtier : " two books yet celebrated in Italy for purity and elegance , and which , if they are now less read ...
... calamities , impress hourly vexation , was first attempted by Casa in his book of " Manners , " and Castig- lione in his " Courtier : " two books yet celebrated in Italy for purity and elegance , and which , if they are now less read ...
Page 45
... receive the news of his son's death with dry eyes , and to weep at the same time for the calamities of his country , is a wretched affectation and a miserable inconsistency ? Is not that , in plain English , ADDISON . 4.5 .
... receive the news of his son's death with dry eyes , and to weep at the same time for the calamities of his country , is a wretched affectation and a miserable inconsistency ? Is not that , in plain English , ADDISON . 4.5 .
Page 72
... calamities ; and , when his own industry , or the charity of others , has enabled him to rise for a short time above his miseries , plunges him again into his former distress ? The kindness of his friends not affording him any constant ...
... calamities ; and , when his own industry , or the charity of others , has enabled him to rise for a short time above his miseries , plunges him again into his former distress ? The kindness of his friends not affording him any constant ...
Page 82
... calamities happened to reach the ear of the Countess of Hertford , who engaged in his support with all the tenderness that is excited by pity , and all the zeal which is kindled by generosity , and , demanding an audience of the queen ...
... calamities happened to reach the ear of the Countess of Hertford , who engaged in his support with all the tenderness that is excited by pity , and all the zeal which is kindled by generosity , and , demanding an audience of the queen ...
Page 84
... calamities of one who had brought his life into danger , reproved her gently for her perjury , and , changing the only guinea that he had , divided it equally between her and himself . This is an action which in some ages would have ...
... calamities of one who had brought his life into danger , reproved her gently for her perjury , and , changing the only guinea that he had , divided it equally between her and himself . This is an action which in some ages would have ...
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