Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 5
... less interest than the Lives of Addison and Swift , between which it is set , although Savage himself has no right at all to be remembered in such company . Johnson published this piece of biography when his age was thirty - five ; his ...
... less interest than the Lives of Addison and Swift , between which it is set , although Savage himself has no right at all to be remembered in such company . Johnson published this piece of biography when his age was thirty - five ; his ...
Page 14
... till the papers were collected into volumes . To the Tatler , in about two months , succeeded the Spectator . a series of essays of the same kind , but written ยท with less levity , upon a more regular plan 14 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... till the papers were collected into volumes . To the Tatler , in about two months , succeeded the Spectator . a series of essays of the same kind , but written ยท with less levity , upon a more regular plan 14 LIVES OF THE POETS .
Page 15
... less read , are neglected only because they have effected that reformation which their authors intended , and their precepts now are no longer wanted . Their usefulness to the age in which they were written is sufficiently attested by ...
... less read , are neglected only because they have effected that reformation which their authors intended , and their precepts now are no longer wanted . Their usefulness to the age in which they were written is sufficiently attested by ...
Page 19
... less ; for he declares that the Spectator , whom he ridicules for his endless mention of the fair sex , had before his recess wearied his readers . : The next year ( 1713 ) , in which Cato came upon the stage , was the grand climacteric ...
... less ; for he declares that the Spectator , whom he ridicules for his endless mention of the fair sex , had before his recess wearied his readers . : The next year ( 1713 ) , in which Cato came upon the stage , was the grand climacteric ...
Page 24
... less willing to claim it . Tickell omitted it in his collection ; but the testimony of Steele , and the totai silence of any other claimant , has determined the public to assign it to Addison , and it is now printed with other poetry ...
... less willing to claim it . Tickell omitted it in his collection ; but the testimony of Steele , and the totai silence of any other claimant , has determined the public to assign it to Addison , and it is now printed with other poetry ...
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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