Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... equal to the subject , desired him to propose it to some better poet . Halifax told him that there was no encouragement for genius ; that worthless men were unprofitably enriched with public money , without any care to find or employ ...
... equal to the subject , desired him to propose it to some better poet . Halifax told him that there was no encouragement for genius ; that worthless men were unprofitably enriched with public money , without any care to find or employ ...
Page 26
... equals ; but his humour was singular and matchless . Bigotry itself must be delighted with the 66 Tory Fox - hunter . " There are , however , some strokes less elegant and less decent ; such as the " Pretender's Jour- nal , " in which ...
... equals ; but his humour was singular and matchless . Bigotry itself must be delighted with the 66 Tory Fox - hunter . " There are , however , some strokes less elegant and less decent ; such as the " Pretender's Jour- nal , " in which ...
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... equal . She always remembered her own rank , and thought herself entitled to treat with very little ceremony the tutor of her son . Rowe's ballad of the " Despairing Shepherd " is said to have been written , either before or after ...
... equal . She always remembered her own rank , and thought herself entitled to treat with very little ceremony the tutor of her son . Rowe's ballad of the " Despairing Shepherd " is said to have been written , either before or after ...
Page 63
... equal to his abilities , because his improvement was more than proportioned to the opportunities which he enjoyed ; nor can it be doubted that if his earliest productions had been preserved , like those of happier students , we might in ...
... equal to his abilities , because his improvement was more than proportioned to the opportunities which he enjoyed ; nor can it be doubted that if his earliest productions had been preserved , like those of happier students , we might in ...
Page 70
... equal and steady kindness to the time of his death . By this in- terposition Mr. Savage once obtained from his mother fifty pounds , and a promise of one hundred and fifty more ; but it was the fate of this unhappy man that few promises ...
... equal and steady kindness to the time of his death . By this in- terposition Mr. Savage once obtained from his mother fifty pounds , and a promise of one hundred and fifty more ; but it was the fate of this unhappy man that few promises ...
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