Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 15
... written is sufficiently attested by the translations which almost all the nations of Europe were in haste to obtain . This species of instruction was continued , and perhaps advanced , by the French ; among whom La Bruyère's " Manners ...
... written is sufficiently attested by the translations which almost all the nations of Europe were in haste to obtain . This species of instruction was continued , and perhaps advanced , by the French ; among whom La Bruyère's " Manners ...
Page 16
Samuel Johnson. written without connection ) certainly deserves praise for liveliness of description and justness of observation . Before the Tatler and Spectator , if the writers for the theatre are excepted , England had no masters of ...
Samuel Johnson. written without connection ) certainly deserves praise for liveliness of description and justness of observation . Before the Tatler and Spectator , if the writers for the theatre are excepted , England had no masters of ...
Page 22
... wished that it could be found , for the sake of comparing their version of the soliloquy with that of Bland . A tragedy was written on the same subject by Des Champs , a French poet , which was translated with 22 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... wished that it could be found , for the sake of comparing their version of the soliloquy with that of Bland . A tragedy was written on the same subject by Des Champs , a French poet , which was translated with 22 LIVES OF THE POETS .
Page 23
... he laid hold on his proportion of the profits . Many of these papers were written with powers truly comic , with nice discrimination of characters , and accu- " 9 rate observation of natural or accidental deviations from ADDISON . 23.
... he laid hold on his proportion of the profits . Many of these papers were written with powers truly comic , with nice discrimination of characters , and accu- " 9 rate observation of natural or accidental deviations from ADDISON . 23.
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... written on temporary topics , and exhibiting no peculiar powers , laid hold on no attention , and has naturally sunk by its own weight into neglect . This cannot be said of the few papers entitled the Whig Examiner , in which is ...
... written on temporary topics , and exhibiting no peculiar powers , laid hold on no attention , and has naturally sunk by its own weight into neglect . This cannot be said of the few papers entitled the Whig Examiner , in which is ...
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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