Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 76
... allowed to have carried the prize of honour from his competitors : but I know not whether he gained by his performance any other advantage than the increase of his reputation , though it must certainly have been with farther views that ...
... allowed to have carried the prize of honour from his competitors : but I know not whether he gained by his performance any other advantage than the increase of his reputation , though it must certainly have been with farther views that ...
Page 84
... allowed to be an instance of uncommon generosity , an act of complicated virtue , by which he at once relieved the poor , corrected the vicious , and forgave an enemy ; by which he at once remitted the 84 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... allowed to be an instance of uncommon generosity , an act of complicated virtue , by which he at once relieved the poor , corrected the vicious , and forgave an enemy ; by which he at once remitted the 84 LIVES OF THE POETS .
Page 88
... artful appearance of virtue , or by false evidences of guilt , such errors will not be , frequent ; and it wil ! be allowed that the name of an author would never have been made contemptible had no man 88 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... artful appearance of virtue , or by false evidences of guilt , such errors will not be , frequent ; and it wil ! be allowed that the name of an author would never have been made contemptible had no man 88 LIVES OF THE POETS .
Page 114
... usual exigencies , having no certain support but the pension allowed him by the queen , which , though it might have kept an exact economist from want , was very far from being sufficient for 114 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... usual exigencies , having no certain support but the pension allowed him by the queen , which , though it might have kept an exact economist from want , was very far from being sufficient for 114 LIVES OF THE POETS .
Page 117
... allowed amply to compensate his omissions by expatiating , in ( the conclusion of his work , upon a kind of beneficence not yet celebrated by any eminent poet , though it now appears more susceptible of embellishments , more adapted to ...
... allowed amply to compensate his omissions by expatiating , in ( the conclusion of his work , upon a kind of beneficence not yet celebrated by any eminent poet , though it now appears more susceptible of embellishments , more adapted to ...
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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