Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 26
... expected from Milton's savage- ness , or Oldmixon's meanness , was not suitable to the delicacy of Addison . Steele thought the humour of the Freeholder too nice and gentle for such noisy times , and is reported to have said that the ...
... expected from Milton's savage- ness , or Oldmixon's meanness , was not suitable to the delicacy of Addison . Steele thought the humour of the Freeholder too nice and gentle for such noisy times , and is reported to have said that the ...
Page 42
... expected without solicitude , and are remembered without joy or sorrow . Of the agents we have no care ; we consider not what they are doing , or what they are suffering ; we wish only to know what they have to say . Cato is a being ...
... expected without solicitude , and are remembered without joy or sorrow . Of the agents we have no care ; we consider not what they are doing , or what they are suffering ; we wish only to know what they have to say . Cato is a being ...
Page 68
... expected that Sir Richard would call for the reckoning , and return home ; but his expectations deceived him , for Sir Richard told him that he was without money , and that the pamphlet must be sold before the dinner could be paid for ...
... expected that Sir Richard would call for the reckoning , and return home ; but his expectations deceived him , for Sir Richard told him that he was without money , and that the pamphlet must be sold before the dinner could be paid for ...
Page 74
... expected on the stage , and he was so much ashamed of having been reduced to appear as a player , that he always blotted out his name from the list when a copy of his tragedy was to be shown to his friends . In the publication of his ...
... expected on the stage , and he was so much ashamed of having been reduced to appear as a player , that he always blotted out his name from the list when a copy of his tragedy was to be shown to his friends . In the publication of his ...
Page 93
... expected that he should have gained considerable advantage ; nor can it , without some degree of indignation and concern , be told , that he sold the copy for ten guineas , of which he afterwards re- turned two , that the two last ...
... expected that he should have gained considerable advantage ; nor can it , without some degree of indignation and concern , be told , that he sold the copy for ten guineas , of which he afterwards re- turned two , that the two last ...
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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