Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 30
Page 12
... employ those whose appearance might do honour to their country . To this Godolphin replied that such abuses should in time be rectified ; and that , if a man could be found capable of the task then proposed , he should not want an ample ...
... employ those whose appearance might do honour to their country . To this Godolphin replied that such abuses should in time be rectified ; and that , if a man could be found capable of the task then proposed , he should not want an ample ...
Page 24
... employed all the force of gay malevolence and humorous satire . Of this paper , which just appeared and expired , Swift remarks , with exulta- tion , that " it is now down among the dead men . " He might well rejoice at the death of ...
... employed all the force of gay malevolence and humorous satire . Of this paper , which just appeared and expired , Swift remarks , with exulta- tion , that " it is now down among the dead men . " He might well rejoice at the death of ...
Page 26
... employed by Milton against King Charles II . " Jacobai . Centum exulantis viscera Marsupii regis . " And Oldmixon delights to tell of some alderman of London that he had more money than the exiled princes ; but that which might be ...
... employed by Milton against King Charles II . " Jacobai . Centum exulantis viscera Marsupii regis . " And Oldmixon delights to tell of some alderman of London that he had more money than the exiled princes ; but that which might be ...
Page 37
... employed wit on the side of virtue and religion . He not only made the proper use of wit himself , but taught it to others ; and from his time it has been generally subservient to the cause of reason and of truth . He has dissipated the ...
... employed wit on the side of virtue and religion . He not only made the proper use of wit himself , but taught it to others ; and from his time it has been generally subservient to the cause of reason and of truth . He has dissipated the ...
Page 55
... employ or require a critic . The parallel of the princes and gods in his verses to Kneller is often happy , but is too well known to be quoted . His translations , so far as I compared them , want the exactness of a scholar . That he ...
... employ or require a critic . The parallel of the princes and gods in his verses to Kneller is often happy , but is too well known to be quoted . His translations , so far as I compared them , want the exactness of a scholar . That he ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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