Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 36
... hands of Tickell . One slight lineament of his character Swift has pre- served . It was his practice , when he found any man invincibly wrong , to flatter his opinions by acquiescence , and sink him yet deeper in absurdity . This ...
... hands of Tickell . One slight lineament of his character Swift has pre- served . It was his practice , when he found any man invincibly wrong , to flatter his opinions by acquiescence , and sink him yet deeper in absurdity . This ...
Page 46
... hands , as Mr. Bayes has it , and feague it away . But , in the midst of that wise scene , Syphax seems to give a seasonable caution to Sempronius : - " Syph . But is it true , Sempronius , that your senate Is called together ? Gods ...
... hands , as Mr. Bayes has it , and feague it away . But , in the midst of that wise scene , Syphax seems to give a seasonable caution to Sempronius : - " Syph . But is it true , Sempronius , that your senate Is called together ? Gods ...
Page 54
... hand Plato's Treatise on the Immortality of the Soul ; a drawn sword on the table by him . Now let us consider the place in which this sight is presented to us . The place , forsooth , is a long hall . Let us suppose that any one should ...
... hand Plato's Treatise on the Immortality of the Soul ; a drawn sword on the table by him . Now let us consider the place in which this sight is presented to us . The place , forsooth , is a long hall . Let us suppose that any one should ...
Page 66
... hand . But all his assiduity and tender- ness were without effect , for he could neither soften her heart nor open her hand , and was reduced to the utmost miseries of want , while he was endeavouring to awaken the affection of a mother ...
... hand . But all his assiduity and tender- ness were without effect , for he could neither soften her heart nor open her hand , and was reduced to the utmost miseries of want , while he was endeavouring to awaken the affection of a mother ...
Page 75
... hands . The generosity of Mr. Hill did not end on this occasion ; for afterwards , when Mr. Savage's necessities returned , he encouraged a subscription to a Miscellany of Poems in a very extra- ordinary manner , by publishing his story ...
... hands . The generosity of Mr. Hill did not end on this occasion ; for afterwards , when Mr. Savage's necessities returned , he encouraged a subscription to a Miscellany of Poems in a very extra- ordinary manner , by publishing his story ...
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