Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 66
... performance I know not ; it was probably lost among the innumerable pamphlets to which that dispute gave occasion . Mr. Savage was himself in a little time ashamed of it , and endeavoured to suppress it , by destroying all the copies ...
... performance I know not ; it was probably lost among the innumerable pamphlets to which that dispute gave occasion . Mr. Savage was himself in a little time ashamed of it , and endeavoured to suppress it , by destroying all the copies ...
Page 71
... performance to her memory would have only betrayed an officious partiality , and that without exalting her character would have depressed his own . sometimes , by the kindness of Mr. Wilks , the advantage of a benefit , on which ...
... performance to her memory would have only betrayed an officious partiality , and that without exalting her character would have depressed his own . sometimes , by the kindness of Mr. Wilks , the advantage of a benefit , on which ...
Page 73
... 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 step into a shop ...
... 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 step into a shop ...
Page 74
... performance he was more suc- cessful , for the rays of genius that glimmered in it , that glimmered through all the mists which poverty and Cibber had been able to spread over it , procured him the notice and esteem of many persons ...
... performance he was more suc- cessful , for the rays of genius that glimmered in it , that glimmered through all the mists which poverty and Cibber had been able to spread over it , procured him the notice and esteem of many persons ...
Page 76
... performance any other advantage than the increase of his reputation , though it must certainly have been with farther views that he prevailed upon himself to attempt a species of writing , of which all the topics had been long before ...
... performance any other advantage than the increase of his reputation , though it must certainly have been with farther views that he prevailed upon himself to attempt a species of writing , of which all the topics had been long before ...
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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