Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 32
... King he would hardly have been refused . His zeal for his party did not extinguish his kindness for the merit of his opponents ; when he was Secretary in Ireland , he refused to intermit his acquaintance with Swift . Of his habits or ...
... King he would hardly have been refused . His zeal for his party did not extinguish his kindness for the merit of his opponents ; when he was Secretary in Ireland , he refused to intermit his acquaintance with Swift . Of his habits or ...
Page 38
... King . His ode on St. Cecilia has been imitated by Pope , and has something in it of Dryden's vigour . Of his Account of the English Poets he used to speak as a poor thing ; " but it is not worse than his usual strain . He has said ...
... King . His ode on St. Cecilia has been imitated by Pope , and has something in it of Dryden's vigour . Of his Account of the English Poets he used to speak as a poor thing ; " but it is not worse than his usual strain . He has said ...
Page 76
... king furnished a general subject for a poetical contest , in which Mr. Savage engaged , and is allowed to have carried the prize of honour from his competitors : but I know not whether he gained by his performance any other advantage ...
... king furnished a general subject for a poetical contest , in which Mr. Savage engaged , and is allowed to have carried the prize of honour from his competitors : but I know not whether he gained by his performance any other advantage ...
Page 82
... king's mercy who had been capable of entering his mother's house in the night with an intent to murder her . By whom this atrocious calumny had been transmitted . to the queen , whether she that invented had the front to relate it ...
... king's mercy who had been capable of entering his mother's house in the night with an intent to murder her . By whom this atrocious calumny had been transmitted . to the queen , whether she that invented had the front to relate it ...
Page 83
... king's pardon . It is natural to inquire upon what motives his mother could persecute him in a manner so outrageous and im- placable ; for what reason she could employ all the arts of malice , and all the snares of calumny , to take ...
... king's pardon . It is natural to inquire upon what motives his mother could persecute him in a manner so outrageous and im- placable ; for what reason she could employ all the arts of malice , and all the snares of calumny , to take ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards allowed appeared calamities Cassell's Cato censure character Cheap Edition conduct considered contempt conversation death declared Delany discovered distress E. W. HORNUNG elegance endeavoured expected favour fortune friends friendship genius honour Illustrated imagined Ireland Juba justly kindness King letter likewise lived lodging London Lord Tyrconnel mankind manner MAX PEMBERTON mentioned merit mind misery misfortunes mother nature neglect never obliged observed occasion once opinion Orrery pamphlet panegyric passion pension performance perhaps pleasure poem poet poetical Pope pounds praise promise published queen R. L. STEVENSON reader reason received regard resentment resolution retired Richard Savage ROBERT STAWELL BALL SAMUEL JOHNSON Savage Savage's says Sempronius sent sentiments Sir Richard Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon Spectator STANLEY WEYMAN Steele suffered sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler tenderness thought Tickell tion told tragedy verses virtue Vols Whigs write wrote