Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... resentment . But the sneer of jocularity was not the worst . Steele , whose imprudence of generosity , or vanity of profusion , kept him always incurably necessitous , upon some pressing exigence , in an evil hour , borrowed a hundred ...
... resentment . But the sneer of jocularity was not the worst . Steele , whose imprudence of generosity , or vanity of profusion , kept him always incurably necessitous , upon some pressing exigence , in an evil hour , borrowed a hundred ...
Page 32
... resentment of party has transmitted no charge of any crime . He was not one of those who are praised only after death ; for his merit was so generally acknowledged that Swift , having observed that his election passed with- out a ...
... resentment of party has transmitted no charge of any crime . He was not one of those who are praised only after death ; for his merit was so generally acknowledged that Swift , having observed that his election passed with- out a ...
Page 62
... resentment and abhorrence ; and , instead of supporting , assisting , and defending him , delight to see him struggling with misery , or that she would take every opportunity of aggravating his misfortunes , and obstruct- ing his ...
... resentment and abhorrence ; and , instead of supporting , assisting , and defending him , delight to see him struggling with misery , or that she would take every opportunity of aggravating his misfortunes , and obstruct- ing his ...
Page 69
... resentment , speak of their friends and benefactors with levity and contempt , though in their cooler moments they want neither sense of their kindness nor reverence for their virtue ; the fault , therefore , of Mr. Savage was rather ...
... resentment , speak of their friends and benefactors with levity and contempt , though in their cooler moments they want neither sense of their kindness nor reverence for their virtue ; the fault , therefore , of Mr. Savage was rather ...
Page 74
... resent the neglect of his alterations , but wrote the prologue and epilogue , in which he touches on the circumstances of the author with great tenderness . After all these obstructions and compliances , he was only able to bring his ...
... resent the neglect of his alterations , but wrote the prologue and epilogue , in which he touches on the circumstances of the author with great tenderness . After all these obstructions and compliances , he was only able to bring his ...
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