Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 58
... cogency of argument , are employed to recommend to the reader his real interest , the care of pleasing the Author of his being . Truth is shown some- times as the phantom of a vision ; sometimes appears 58 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... cogency of argument , are employed to recommend to the reader his real interest , the care of pleasing the Author of his being . Truth is shown some- times as the phantom of a vision ; sometimes appears 58 LIVES OF THE POETS .
Page 65
... employed at the awl longer than he was willing to confess : nor was it perhaps any great advantage to him , that an unexpected dis- covery determined him to quit his occupation . About this time his nurse , who had always treated him as ...
... employed at the awl longer than he was willing to confess : nor was it perhaps any great advantage to him , that an unexpected dis- covery determined him to quit his occupation . About this time his nurse , who had always treated him as ...
Page 71
... to hear that the whole interest of his mother was employed to frustrate his applications , and that she never left any expedient untried by which he might be SAVAGE . 71 which was during her life regularly paid. That this ...
... to hear that the whole interest of his mother was employed to frustrate his applications , and that she never left any expedient untried by which he might be SAVAGE . 71 which was during her life regularly paid. That this ...
Page 73
... employed upon this performance , he was without lodging , and often without meat ; nor had he any other conveni- ences for study than the fields or the streets allowed him ; there he used to walk and form his speeches , and after- wards ...
... employed upon this performance , he was without lodging , and often without meat ; nor had he any other conveni- ences for study than the fields or the streets allowed him ; there he used to walk and form his speeches , and after- wards ...
Page 83
... employ all the arts of malice , and all the snares of calumny , to take away the life of her own son , of a son who never injured her , who was never supported by her expense , nor obstructed any prospect of pleasure or advantage . Why ...
... employ all the arts of malice , and all the snares of calumny , to take away the life of her own son , of a son who never injured her , who was never supported by her expense , nor obstructed any prospect of pleasure or advantage . Why ...
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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