Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 26
... called Mr. Southwell , a clerk in the House , and ordered him to despatch the message . Southwell readily told what was necessary in the common style of business , and valued himself upon having done what was too hard for Addison . He ...
... called Mr. Southwell , a clerk in the House , and ordered him to despatch the message . Southwell readily told what was necessary in the common style of business , and valued himself upon having done what was too hard for Addison . He ...
Page 29
... called the " Peerage Bill ; " by which the number of Peers should be fixed , and the King restrained from any new creation of nobility , unless when an old family should be extinct . To this the Lords would naturally agree ; and the ...
... called the " Peerage Bill ; " by which the number of Peers should be fixed , and the King restrained from any new creation of nobility , unless when an old family should be extinct . To this the Lords would naturally agree ; and the ...
Page 30
... called " The Plebeian . ” To this an answer was published by Addison , under the title of " The Old Whig , " in which it is not discovered that Steele was then known to be the advocate for the Commons . Steele replied by a second ...
... called " The Plebeian . ” To this an answer was published by Addison , under the title of " The Old Whig , " in which it is not discovered that Steele was then known to be the advocate for the Commons . Steele replied by a second ...
Page 32
... 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 likewise ...
... 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 likewise ...
Page 33
... called humour , and enjoyed it in such perfection that I have often reflected , after a night spent with him apart from all the world , that I had had the pleasure of conversing with an intimate acquaintance of Terence and Catullus ...
... called humour , and enjoyed it in such perfection that I have often reflected , after a night spent with him apart from all the world , that I had had the pleasure of conversing with an intimate acquaintance of Terence and Catullus ...
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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