Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 85
... favours and un- certain patronage afforded him ; sources by which he was sometimes very liberally supplied , and which at other times were suddenly stopped ; so that he spent his life between want and plenty , or , what was yet worse ...
... favours and un- certain patronage afforded him ; sources by which he was sometimes very liberally supplied , and which at other times were suddenly stopped ; so that he spent his life between want and plenty , or , what was yet worse ...
Page 86
... favour him at one time as another , he was tempted to squander what he had because he always hoped to be immediately sup- plied . Another cause of his profusion was the absurd kindness of his friends , who at once rewarded and en- joyed ...
... favour him at one time as another , he was tempted to squander what he had because he always hoped to be immediately sup- plied . Another cause of his profusion was the absurd kindness of his friends , who at once rewarded and en- joyed ...
Page 89
... favour it is exerted ; and a standing army is generally accounted necessary by those who command , and dangerous and oppressive by those who support it . Mr. Savage was likewise very far from believing that the letters annexed to each ...
... favour it is exerted ; and a standing army is generally accounted necessary by those who command , and dangerous and oppressive by those who support it . Mr. Savage was likewise very far from believing that the letters annexed to each ...
Page 96
... favour as a debt , since it was offered him upon conditions which he had never broken : and that his only fault was , that he could not be supported with nothing . He acknow- ledged that Lord Tyrconnel often exhorted him to regu- late ...
... favour as a debt , since it was offered him upon conditions which he had never broken : and that his only fault was , that he could not be supported with nothing . He acknow- ledged that Lord Tyrconnel often exhorted him to regu- late ...
Page 100
... favour by complying with his inclinations , and whom he nevertheless set at defiance , and was continually irritating by negligence or encroachments . Examples need not be sought at any great distance to prove that superiority of ...
... favour by complying with his inclinations , and whom he nevertheless set at defiance , and was continually irritating by negligence or encroachments . Examples need not be sought at any great distance to prove that superiority of ...
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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