Essays, Biographical, Critical and Historical, Volume 3 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 44
Page 16
... afterwards , when it was found much bruised and defaced . On his bureau this unhappy man had left the following sentence , written on a slip of paper , and intended as a vindication of the rash action which he was about to commit : What ...
... afterwards , when it was found much bruised and defaced . On his bureau this unhappy man had left the following sentence , written on a slip of paper , and intended as a vindication of the rash action which he was about to commit : What ...
Page 34
... afterwards obliged the public with versions of Fontenelle's Discourse concerning the Ancients and Moderns , and of The Letters of Abelard and Heloise . The diction of Hughes in all these attempts is , in general , neat , pure , and ...
... afterwards obliged the public with versions of Fontenelle's Discourse concerning the Ancients and Moderns , and of The Letters of Abelard and Heloise . The diction of Hughes in all these attempts is , in general , neat , pure , and ...
Page 35
... afterwards pre- sented him with the place of secretary to the commissions of the peace ; a situation of great profit ; and which , when Cowper resigned the seals , was continued to him by Lord Maccles- field , at the earnest request of ...
... afterwards pre- sented him with the place of secretary to the commissions of the peace ; a situation of great profit ; and which , when Cowper resigned the seals , was continued to him by Lord Maccles- field , at the earnest request of ...
Page 42
... Duncombe , " under the fictitious name of Parthenissa , was a Miss Rother- ham , sister to the second lady of the sixth Lord Effingham , and afterwards married to the Rev. Mr. Wyatt 42 BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SKETCHES .
... Duncombe , " under the fictitious name of Parthenissa , was a Miss Rother- ham , sister to the second lady of the sixth Lord Effingham , and afterwards married to the Rev. Mr. Wyatt 42 BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SKETCHES .
Page 43
Nathan Drake. Effingham , and afterwards married to the Rev. Mr. Wyatt , master of Felsted - school in Essex . " " * To the efforts of Steele and Addison to reform and purify the stage , Hughes contributed his assistance in a letter in N ...
Nathan Drake. Effingham , and afterwards married to the Rev. Mr. Wyatt , master of Felsted - school in Essex . " " * To the efforts of Steele and Addison to reform and purify the stage , Hughes contributed his assistance in a letter in N ...
Contents
318 | |
322 | |
329 | |
331 | |
334 | |
340 | |
347 | |
349 | |
25 | |
30 | |
123 | |
129 | |
138 | |
294 | |
295 | |
298 | |
300 | |
301 | |
302 | |
306 | |
307 | |
350 | |
352 | |
360 | |
361 | |
362 | |
365 | |
371 | |
372 | |
373 | |
374 | |
376 | |
379 | |
380 | |
Common terms and phrases
Addison afterwards amiable annotator appears bard Barrier Treaty beauty Berkeley Bishop black crows Budgell Byrom celebrated character College commenced composition Congreve consequence critic Dean death divine Earl edition elegant English entertained entitled epistle essay esteemed Eusden Eustace Budgell Fair Penitent fame genius Grove Guardian happy Henley honour Hughes humour Iliad Isaac Bickerstaff Johnson justly lady language letter likewise literary literature Lives London Lord Lord Bolingbroke manners ment merit mind moral Night Thoughts observes Oxford paper Parnell passions pastoral period Philips pieces pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry political Pope portion possessed pounds Princess of Wales production published racter remarks rendered ridicule Sappho satire says Sir Richard Sir Richard Steele Spectator spirit Steele Stella style Swift talents taste Tatler thought Tickell tion took translation Twickenham verse versification virtue volume Whigs writer written Young