Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 29
... Lords would naturally agree ; and the King , who was yet little ac- quainted with his own prerogative , and , as is now well known , almost indifferent to the possessions of the Crown , had been persuaded to consent . The only ...
... Lords would naturally agree ; and the King , who was yet little ac- quainted with his own prerogative , and , as is now well known , almost indifferent to the possessions of the Crown , had been persuaded to consent . The only ...
Page 31
... Lord Warwick was a young man , of very irregular life , and perhaps of loose opinions . Addison , for whom he did not want respect , had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him , but his arguments and expostulations had no ADDISON ...
... Lord Warwick was a young man , of very irregular life , and perhaps of loose opinions . Addison , for whom he did not want respect , had very diligently endeavoured to reclaim him , but his arguments and expostulations had no ADDISON ...
Page 32
... lord to be called , and when he desired with great tender- ness to hear his last injunctions , told him , " I have sent for you that you may see how a Christian can die . " What effect this awful scene had on the earl , I know not ; he ...
... lord to be called , and when he desired with great tender- ness to hear his last injunctions , told him , " I have sent for you that you may see how a Christian can die . " What effect this awful scene had on the earl , I know not ; he ...
Page 43
... lord it over the imagination of others . But that when an author writes a tragedy who knows he has neither genius nor judgment , he has recourse to the making a party , and he endeavours to make up in industry what is wanting in talent ...
... lord it over the imagination of others . But that when an author writes a tragedy who knows he has neither genius nor judgment , he has recourse to the making a party , and he endeavours to make up in industry what is wanting in talent ...
Page 80
... lord , too late to offer anything by way of defence or vindication ; nor can we expect from your lordships , in this court , but the sentence which the law requires you , as judges , to pronounce against men of our calamitous condition ...
... lord , too late to offer anything by way of defence or vindication ; nor can we expect from your lordships , in this court , but the sentence which the law requires you , as judges , to pronounce against men of our calamitous condition ...
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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