Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 103
... returned reproach for reproach , and insult for insult ; his superiority of wit supplied the disadvantages of his fortune , and enabled him to form a party , and prejudice great numbers in his favour . But though this might be some ...
... returned reproach for reproach , and insult for insult ; his superiority of wit supplied the disadvantages of his fortune , and enabled him to form a party , and prejudice great numbers in his favour . But though this might be some ...
Page 115
... returned . He , indeed , affirmed that he retired to study , and that the money supported him in solitude for many months ; but his friends declared that the short time in which it was spent sufficiently confuted his own account of his ...
... returned . He , indeed , affirmed that he retired to study , and that the money supported him in solitude for many months ; but his friends declared that the short time in which it was spent sufficiently confuted his own account of his ...
Page 121
... returned in a short time to his former distress , and for some part of the year generally lived by chance , eating only when he was invited to the tables of his acquaintances , from which the meanness of his dress often excluded him ...
... returned in a short time to his former distress , and for some part of the year generally lived by chance , eating only when he was invited to the tables of his acquaintances , from which the meanness of his dress often excluded him ...
Page 139
... returned to his studies , and began several considerable designs . When he felt an inclination to write , he always ... returning to London , to bring his tragedy upon the stage ; but , having neglected to depart with the money that was ...
... returned to his studies , and began several considerable designs . When he felt an inclination to write , he always ... returning to London , to bring his tragedy upon the stage ; but , having neglected to depart with the money that was ...
Page 146
... returned an answer agreeable to his character , in the following terms : - " I received yours this morning ; and not without a little surprise at the contents . To answer a question with a question , you ask me concerning London and ...
... returned an answer agreeable to his character , in the following terms : - " I received yours this morning ; and not without a little surprise at the contents . To answer a question with a question , you ask me concerning London and ...
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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