Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 6
... easily presume to say , ' Had I been in Savage's condition , I should have lived or written better than Savage . ' But Johnson , who made large allowance for temptations pressing on the poor , himself suffered and overcame the hardest ...
... easily presume to say , ' Had I been in Savage's condition , I should have lived or written better than Savage . ' But Johnson , who made large allowance for temptations pressing on the poor , himself suffered and overcame the hardest ...
Page 13
... easily be brought together . Wharton was impious , profligate , and shameless ; without regard , or appearance of regard , to right and wrong . Whatever is contrary to this may be said of Addison ; but as agents of a party they were ...
... easily be brought together . Wharton was impious , profligate , and shameless ; without regard , or appearance of regard , to right and wrong . Whatever is contrary to this may be said of Addison ; but as agents of a party they were ...
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... easily be thought extrinsic and adventitious ; for if it were taken away , what would be left ? or how were the four acts filled in the first draft ? At the publication the wits seemed proud to pay their attendance with encomiastic ...
... easily be thought extrinsic and adventitious ; for if it were taken away , what would be left ? or how were the four acts filled in the first draft ? At the publication the wits seemed proud to pay their attendance with encomiastic ...
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... easily communicate . ' This , " says Steele , " was particular in this writer - that when he had taken his resolution , or made his plan for what he designed to write , he would walk about a room and dictate it into language with as ...
... easily communicate . ' This , " says Steele , " was particular in this writer - that when he had taken his resolution , or made his plan for what he designed to write , he would walk about a room and dictate it into language with as ...
Page 35
... easily be supposed such as Pope represents them . The remark of Mandeville , who , when he had passed an even- ing in his company , declared that he was a parson in a tie - wig , can detract little from his character ; he was always ...
... easily be supposed such as Pope represents them . The remark of Mandeville , who , when he had passed an even- ing in his company , declared that he was a parson in a tie - wig , can detract little from his character ; he was always ...
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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