Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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... praise ; they superadded literature and criticism , and sometimes towered far above their predecessors ; and taught , with great justness of argument and dignity of language , the most important duties and sublime truths . All these ...
... praise ; they superadded literature and criticism , and sometimes towered far above their predecessors ; and taught , with great justness of argument and dignity of language , the most important duties and sublime truths . All these ...
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... 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 through the whole exhibition behind the scenes ...
... 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 through the whole exhibition behind the scenes ...
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... praise when the author is known to be Jeffreys . Cato had yet other honours . It was censured as a party - play by a scholar of Oxford ; and defended in a favourable examination by Dr. Sewel . It was translated by Salvini into Italian ...
... praise when the author is known to be Jeffreys . Cato had yet other honours . It was censured as a party - play by a scholar of Oxford ; and defended in a favourable examination by Dr. Sewel . It was translated by Salvini into Italian ...
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... praise of others , or as Steele , with far greater likelihood , insinuates , that he could not without discontent impart to others any of his own . I have heard that his avidity did not satisfy itself with the air of renown , but that ...
... praise of others , or as Steele , with far greater likelihood , insinuates , that he could not without discontent impart to others any of his own . I have heard that his avidity did not satisfy itself with the air of renown , but that ...
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... praise . He was not all this time an indifferent spectator of public affairs . He wrote , as different exigences required ( in 1707 ) , " The Present State of the War , and the Neces- sity of an Augmentation ; " which , however ...
... praise . He was not all this time an indifferent spectator of public affairs . He wrote , as different exigences required ( in 1707 ) , " The Present State of the War , and the Neces- sity of an Augmentation ; " which , however ...
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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