Literary and Historical Memorials of London, Հատոր 2Richard Bentley, 1847 |
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... poet this garret had become a consecrated spot ; genius seemed more itself , placed in contrast with its miserable locality . " + It was in the Haymarket that Baretti ( whose name is so intimately associated with the literary annals of ...
... poet this garret had become a consecrated spot ; genius seemed more itself , placed in contrast with its miserable locality . " + It was in the Haymarket that Baretti ( whose name is so intimately associated with the literary annals of ...
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... poet " used most commonly to write " was in the ground- room next the street . The extraordinary and dis- graceful scene which took place at this house , on the occasion of Dryden's funeral , is too well known to require a repetition of ...
... poet " used most commonly to write " was in the ground- room next the street . The extraordinary and dis- graceful scene which took place at this house , on the occasion of Dryden's funeral , is too well known to require a repetition of ...
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... poet , dating his letters from Covent Garden , and close by lived Thomas Southern , the author of " Oroonoko , " and of the " Fatal Mar- riage . " Oldys tells us in his MS . notes to Lang- baine ; " I remember him a grave and venerable ...
... poet , dating his letters from Covent Garden , and close by lived Thomas Southern , the author of " Oroonoko , " and of the " Fatal Mar- riage . " Oldys tells us in his MS . notes to Lang- baine ; " I remember him a grave and venerable ...
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... poets , actors , and men of fashion , for nearly two cen- turies . The " Piazza " hotel was the favourite retreat of Richard Brinsley Sheridan , and of the men of wit and rank with whom he associated ; and in the parlour of the ...
... poets , actors , and men of fashion , for nearly two cen- turies . The " Piazza " hotel was the favourite retreat of Richard Brinsley Sheridan , and of the men of wit and rank with whom he associated ; and in the parlour of the ...
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... poets . " This Sam . Butler , " he says , " who was a boon and witty companion , especially among the company he knew well ... poet at the east end , and not the west , of the north side of the church - yard . " He died of a consumption ...
... poets . " This Sam . Butler , " he says , " who was a boon and witty companion , especially among the company he knew well ... poet at the east end , and not the west , of the north side of the church - yard . " He died of a consumption ...
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Էջ 304 - All scatter'd in the bottom of the sea. Some lay in dead men's skulls ; and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept, As 'twere in scorn of eyes, reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
Էջ 386 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Էջ 306 - Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous, By drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams, To set my brother Clarence and the king In deadly hate the one against the other...
Էջ 72 - There, in a lonely room, from bailiffs snug, The muse found Scroggen stretch'd beneath a rug. A window, patch'd with paper, lent a ray, That dimly...
Էջ 404 - My prime of youth is but a frost of cares; My feast of joy is but a dish of pain; My crop of corn is but a field of tares, And all my good is but vain hope of gain. The day is fled and yet I saw no sun, And now I live and now my life is done.
Էջ 345 - My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burden of your Grace's displeasure, and that it may not touch the innocent souls of those poor gentlemen who, as I understand, are likewise in strait imprisonment for my sake. If ever I have found favour in your sight, if ever the name of...
Էջ 232 - Let him that is a true-born gentleman, And stands upon the honour of his birth, If he suppose that I have pleaded truth, From off this brier pluck a white rose with me. 30 Som. Let him that is no coward nor no flatterer, But dare maintain the party of the truth, Pluck a red rose from off this thorn with me.
Էջ 20 - Dear Bob, — I have not anything to leave thee, to perpetuate my memory, but two helpless girls ; look upon them, sometimes ; and think of him that was, to the last moment of his life, thine, — GEORGE FARQUHAR.
Էջ 42 - It is said when Addison had suffered any vexation from the countess, he withdrew the company from Button's house. From the coffee-house he went again to a tavern, where he often sat late, and drank too much wine.
Էջ 71 - I'm sped, If foes, they write, if friends, they read me dead. Seized and tied down to judge, how wretched I! Who can't be silent, and who will not lie. To laugh, were want of goodness and of grace, And to be grave, exceeds all power of face.