Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 41
... pleasing , and the praise of Marlborough , for which the scene gives an opportunity , is , what perhaps every human excellence must be , the product of good luck improved by genius . The thoughts are sometimes great , and sometimes ...
... pleasing , and the praise of Marlborough , for which the scene gives an opportunity , is , what perhaps every human excellence must be , the product of good luck improved by genius . The thoughts are sometimes great , and sometimes ...
Page 58
... to the reader his real interest , the care of pleasing the Author of his being . Truth is shown some- times as the phantom of a vision ; sometimes appears 58 LIVES OF THE POETS . unsuitable; and by imbecility, which degrades nature by ...
... to the reader his real interest , the care of pleasing the Author of his being . Truth is shown some- times as the phantom of a vision ; sometimes appears 58 LIVES OF THE POETS . unsuitable; and by imbecility, which degrades nature by ...
Page 59
... pleasing . " Mille habet ornatus , mille decenter habet . " His prose is the model of the middle style ; on grave subjects not formal , on light occasions not grovelling ; pure without scrupulosity , and exact without apparent ...
... pleasing . " Mille habet ornatus , mille decenter habet . " His prose is the model of the middle style ; on grave subjects not formal , on light occasions not grovelling ; pure without scrupulosity , and exact without apparent ...
Page 62
... pleasing an event . It is not indeed easy to discover what motives could be found to overbalance that natural affection of a parent , or what interest could be promoted by neglect or cruelty . The dread of shame or of poverty , by which ...
... pleasing an event . It is not indeed easy to discover what motives could be found to overbalance that natural affection of a parent , or what interest could be promoted by neglect or cruelty . The dread of shame or of poverty , by which ...
Page 95
... pleasing , that few thought the pleasure which they received from him dearly purchased by paying for his wine . It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend ; but it SAVAGE . 95.
... pleasing , that few thought the pleasure which they received from him dearly purchased by paying for his wine . It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend ; but it SAVAGE . 95.
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