Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 32
... remarkable bashfulness which is a cloak that hides and muffles merit ; " and tells us " that his abilities were covered only by modesty , which doubles the beauties which are seen , and gives credit and esteem to all that are concealed ...
... remarkable bashfulness which is a cloak that hides and muffles merit ; " and tells us " that his abilities were covered only by modesty , which doubles the beauties which are seen , and gives credit and esteem to all that are concealed ...
Page 60
... disappointed . The heroes of literary as well as civil history have been very often no less remarkable for what they have suffered than for what they have achieved ; and volumes have been written only to enumerate SAVAGE. ...
... disappointed . The heroes of literary as well as civil history have been very often no less remarkable for what they have suffered than for what they have achieved ; and volumes have been written only to enumerate SAVAGE. ...
Page 74
... remarkable for singularity of senti- ment , and bold experiments in language , Mr. Savage did not think this play much improved by his innovation , and had even at that time the courage to reject several passages which he could not ...
... remarkable for singularity of senti- ment , and bold experiments in language , Mr. Savage did not think this play much improved by his innovation , and had even at that time the courage to reject several passages which he could not ...
Page 75
... remarkable . The preface contains a very liberal encomium on the blooming excellence of Mr. Theophilus Cibber , which Mr. Savage could not in the latter part of his life see his friends about to read without snatching the play out of ...
... remarkable . The preface contains a very liberal encomium on the blooming excellence of Mr. Theophilus Cibber , which Mr. Savage could not in the latter part of his life see his friends about to read without snatching the play out of ...
Page 94
... remarkable for delicacy of connection or elegance of style . These praises in a short time he found himself inclined to re- tract , being discarded by the man on whom he had be- stowed them , and whom he then immediately discovered not ...
... remarkable for delicacy of connection or elegance of style . These praises in a short time he found himself inclined to re- tract , being discarded by the man on whom he had be- stowed them , and whom he then immediately discovered not ...
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