Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 58
... sufficiently subtle and refined : let them peruse likewise his Essays on Wit , and on the Pleasures of Imagination , in which he founds art on the base of nature , and draws the principles of invention from dispositions inherent in the ...
... sufficiently subtle and refined : let them peruse likewise his Essays on Wit , and on the Pleasures of Imagination , in which he founds art on the base of nature , and draws the principles of invention from dispositions inherent in the ...
Page 69
... sufficient to discover that such weakness is very common , and that there are few who do not sometimes , in the wantonness of thoughtless mirth , or the heat of transient resentment , speak of their friends and benefactors with levity ...
... sufficient to discover that such weakness is very common , and that there are few who do not sometimes , in the wantonness of thoughtless mirth , or the heat of transient resentment , speak of their friends and benefactors with levity ...
Page 78
... sufficient to show , that the hurry of the dispute was such that it was not easy to discover the truth with relation to particular circum- stances , and that therefore some deductions were to be made from the credibility of the ...
... sufficient to show , that the hurry of the dispute was such that it was not easy to discover the truth with relation to particular circum- stances , and that therefore some deductions were to be made from the credibility of the ...
Page 87
... sufficient to make any place of public entertainment popular , and his appro- bation and example constituted the fashion . So power- ful is genius , when it is invested with the glitter of affluence ! Men willingly pay to fortune that ...
... sufficient to make any place of public entertainment popular , and his appro- bation and example constituted the fashion . So power- ful is genius , when it is invested with the glitter of affluence ! Men willingly pay to fortune that ...
Page 91
... sufficient to sacrifice the pleasure of affluence to that of in- tegrity . On this , and on many other occasions , he was ready to lament the misery of living at the tables of other men , which was his fate from the beginning to the end ...
... sufficient to sacrifice the pleasure of affluence to that of in- tegrity . On this , and on many other occasions , he was ready to lament the misery of living at the tables of other men , which was his fate from the beginning to the end ...
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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