Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 94
... desire of pleasure , and habitual slavery to his passions , which involved him in many perplexities . He happened at that time to be en- gaged in the pursuit of some trifling gratification , and , being without money for the present ...
... desire of pleasure , and habitual slavery to his passions , which involved him in many perplexities . He happened at that time to be en- gaged in the pursuit of some trifling gratification , and , being without money for the present ...
Page 112
... desire to be distinguished ; and , when any controversy became popular , he never wanted some reason for engaging in it with great ardour , and appearing at the head of the ' party which he had chosen . As he was never celebrated for ...
... desire to be distinguished ; and , when any controversy became popular , he never wanted some reason for engaging in it with great ardour , and appearing at the head of the ' party which he had chosen . As he was never celebrated for ...
Page 158
... desire of surveying human life through all its varieties : and others , perhaps with equal probability , to a passion which seems to have been deeply fixed in his heart , the love of a shilling . In time he began to think that his ...
... desire of surveying human life through all its varieties : and others , perhaps with equal probability , to a passion which seems to have been deeply fixed in his heart , the love of a shilling . In time he began to think that his ...
Page 166
... him , he represents himself as sufficiently diligent ; and desires to have others believe what he probably believed himself , that by his interposition many Whigs of merit , and among them Addison and 166 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... him , he represents himself as sufficiently diligent ; and desires to have others believe what he probably believed himself , that by his interposition many Whigs of merit , and among them Addison and 166 LIVES OF THE POETS .
Page 177
... desire or possess , were fatal to the unfortunate Stella . The man whom she had the misfortune to love was , as Delany observes , fond of singularity , and desirous to make a mode of happiness for himself , different from the general ...
... desire or possess , were fatal to the unfortunate Stella . The man whom she had the misfortune to love was , as Delany observes , fond of singularity , and desirous to make a mode of happiness for himself , different from the general ...
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