Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 111
... hopes were in danger of being frustrated , but his pension likewise of being ob- structed , by an accidental calumny . The writer of The Daily Courant , a paper then published under the direc- tion of the Ministry , charged him with a ...
... hopes were in danger of being frustrated , but his pension likewise of being ob- structed , by an accidental calumny . The writer of The Daily Courant , a paper then published under the direc- tion of the Ministry , charged him with a ...
Page 130
... hopes of regaining his pension ; and he had now no prospect of subsistence but from his play , and he knew no way of living for the time required to finish it . So peculiar were the misfortunes of this man , deprived of an estate and ...
... hopes of regaining his pension ; and he had now no prospect of subsistence but from his play , and he knew no way of living for the time required to finish it . So peculiar were the misfortunes of this man , deprived of an estate and ...
Page 131
... hopes that in a short time he should find himself supplied with a competence , without any dependence on those little creatures which we are pleased to call the Great . " The scheme proposed for this happy and independent subsist- ence ...
... hopes that in a short time he should find himself supplied with a competence , without any dependence on those little creatures which we are pleased to call the Great . " The scheme proposed for this happy and independent subsist- ence ...
Page 138
... hope for another , till at length generosity was exhausted , and officiousness wearied . Another part of his misconduct was the practice of prolonging his visits to unseasonable hours , and discon- certing all the families into which he ...
... hope for another , till at length generosity was exhausted , and officiousness wearied . Another part of his misconduct was the practice of prolonging his visits to unseasonable hours , and discon- certing all the families into which he ...
Page 140
... hope for favours . His custom was to lie in bed the greatest part of the day , and to get out in the dark with the ... hopes of assistance from his friends at Bristol , who as merchants , and by consequence sufficiently studious of ...
... hope for favours . His custom was to lie in bed the greatest part of the day , and to get out in the dark with the ... hopes of assistance from his friends at Bristol , who as merchants , and by consequence sufficiently studious 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