The lives of the most eminent English poetsJ. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
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Page 52
... observation . Before the Tatler and Spectator , if the writers for the theatre are excepted , England had no mafters of common life . No writers had yet undertaken to re- form either the favagenefs of neglect , or the imper- tinence of ...
... observation . Before the Tatler and Spectator , if the writers for the theatre are excepted , England had no mafters of common life . No writers had yet undertaken to re- form either the favagenefs of neglect , or the imper- tinence of ...
Page 112
... observed by Dr. Johnson ; but the secret has at last escaped , and we know now that he was educated in a diffent- ing academy , of which the rev . Mr. Thomas Rowe was tutor ; and was a fellow ftudent there with Dr. Ifaac Watts , Mr ...
... observed by Dr. Johnson ; but the secret has at last escaped , and we know now that he was educated in a diffent- ing academy , of which the rev . Mr. Thomas Rowe was tutor ; and was a fellow ftudent there with Dr. Ifaac Watts , Mr ...
Page 166
... observed without wonder , that a mind fo vigorous and fertile in dramatick compofitions fhould on any other occasion discover nothing but impotence and poverty . He has in thefe little pieces neither ele- vation of fancy , felection of ...
... observed without wonder , that a mind fo vigorous and fertile in dramatick compofitions fhould on any other occasion discover nothing but impotence and poverty . He has in thefe little pieces neither ele- vation of fancy , felection of ...
Page 189
... observation , that malignity takes hold only of his writings , and that his life paffed without reproach , even when his boldness of reprehenfion naturally turned upon him many eyes defirous to efpy faults , which many tongues would ...
... observation , that malignity takes hold only of his writings , and that his life paffed without reproach , even when his boldness of reprehenfion naturally turned upon him many eyes defirous to efpy faults , which many tongues would ...
Page 199
... observed , that one of his sisters , who had married unfortunately , was abfent ; and found , upon enquiry , that distress had made her thought unworthy of invitation . As fhe was at no great distance , he refused to fit at the table ...
... observed , that one of his sisters , who had married unfortunately , was abfent ; and found , upon enquiry , that distress had made her thought unworthy of invitation . As fhe was at no great distance , he refused to fit at the table ...
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Addiſon affiftance afterwards againſt anſwer appeared becauſe Beggar's Opera beſt Cato cenfure character compofitions confidered converfation death deferved defign defired diſcovered earl eaſily Effay elegance endeavoured Engliſh faid fame fatire favour fays fcenes feems feldom fent fentiments fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt folicited fome fometimes foon friends friendſhip ftill ftudies fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fupplied fuppofed fupport fure genius himſelf honour houfe houſe intereft juft kindneſs king laft laſt leaſt lefs likewife Lord maſter moft moſt muſt neceffary neceffity never obferved occafion paffage paffed paffion perfon perhaps pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poem poet poetry Pope praife praiſe prefent profe promife publick publiſhed purpoſe Queen raiſed reafon refolution Savage ſeems ſhe ſtate Swift Syphax Tatler tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought Tickell tion tranflated Tyrconnel uſed verfes verſes Whigs whofe whoſe write written wrote