Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 26
... less elegant and less decent ; such as the " Pretender's Jour- nal , " in which one topic of ridicule is his poverty . This mode of abuse had been employed by Milton against King Charles II . " Jacobai . Centum exulantis viscera ...
... less elegant and less decent ; such as the " Pretender's Jour- nal , " in which one topic of ridicule is his poverty . This mode of abuse had been employed by Milton against King Charles II . " Jacobai . Centum exulantis viscera ...
Page 31
... less , and in a short time is lost for ever . What is known can seldom be immediately told ; and when it might be told , it is no longer known . The delicate features of the mind , the nice discriminations of character , and the minute ...
... less , and in a short time is lost for ever . What is known can seldom be immediately told ; and when it might be told , it is no longer known . The delicate features of the mind , the nice discriminations of character , and the minute ...
Page 34
... less suspected of favouring his memory , declares that he wrote very fluently , but was slow and scrupulous in correcting ; that many of his Spectators were written very fast , and sent immediately to the press ; and that it seemed to ...
... less suspected of favouring his memory , declares that he wrote very fluently , but was slow and scrupulous in correcting ; that many of his Spectators were written very fast , and sent immediately to the press ; and that it seemed to ...
Page 36
... less extensive than that of Addison , will show that to write , and to live , are very different . Many who praise virtue , do no more than praise it . Yet it is reasonable to believe that Addison's professions and practice were at no ...
... less extensive than that of Addison , will show that to write , and to live , are very different . Many who praise virtue , do no more than praise it . Yet it is reasonable to believe that Addison's professions and practice were at no ...
Page 38
... less , many single passages will furnish exception . Yet , if he seldom reaches supreme excellence , he rarely sinks ... less appearance of labour , and more elegant , with less ambition of ornament , than any other of his poems . There ...
... less , many single passages will furnish exception . Yet , if he seldom reaches supreme excellence , he rarely sinks ... less appearance of labour , and more elegant , with less ambition of ornament , than any other of his poems . There ...
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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