Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 21
... play , supported thus by the emulation of factious praise , was acted night after night for a longer time than , I believe , the public had allowed to any drama before ; and the author , as Mrs. Porter long afterwards related , wandered ...
... play , supported thus by the emulation of factious praise , was acted night after night for a longer time than , I believe , the public had allowed to any drama before ; and the author , as Mrs. Porter long afterwards related , wandered ...
Page 22
... play without appearing to revenge himself . He therefore published " A Narrative of the Madness of John Dennis : " a performance which left the objections to the play in their full force , and therefore discovered more desire of vexing ...
... play without appearing to revenge himself . He therefore published " A Narrative of the Madness of John Dennis : " a performance which left the objections to the play in their full force , and therefore discovered more desire of vexing ...
Page 23
... play . But the translator and the critic are now forgotten . Dennis lived on unanswered , and therefore little read . Addison knew the policy of literature too well to make his enemy important by drawing the attention of the public upon ...
... play . But the translator and the critic are now forgotten . Dennis lived on unanswered , and therefore little read . Addison knew the policy of literature too well to make his enemy important by drawing the attention of the public upon ...
Page 24
... play - house , and afterwards to the press , and sold the copy for fifty guineas . To the opinion of Steele may be added the proof supplied by the play itself , of which the characters are such as Addison would have delineated , and the ...
... play - house , and afterwards to the press , and sold the copy for fifty guineas . To the opinion of Steele may be added the proof supplied by the play itself , of which the characters are such as Addison would have delineated , and the ...
Page 27
... playing with his passion . He is said to have first known her by becoming tutor to her son . " He formed , " said Tonson , " the design of getting that lady from the time when he was first taken into the family . " In what part of his ...
... playing with his passion . He is said to have first known her by becoming tutor to her son . " He formed , " said Tonson , " the design of getting that lady from the time when he was first taken into the family . " In what part of his ...
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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