The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: To the Time of Dean Swift, Հատոր 4R. Griffiths, 1753 - 356 էջ |
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... reputation , fhe had loft all the efteem , that her converfation and abilities might have elfe procured her ; and fhe was reduced to the de- plorable neceffity of affociating with those whose fame was blafted by their indifcretion ...
... reputation , fhe had loft all the efteem , that her converfation and abilities might have elfe procured her ; and fhe was reduced to the de- plorable neceffity of affociating with those whose fame was blafted by their indifcretion ...
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... reputation , was by that woman , who had been be- fore her friend . She was not content to inform perfons who began to know and esteem Mrs. Manley , that her marriage was a cheat ; but even endeavour- ed to make the duchefs jealous of ...
... reputation , was by that woman , who had been be- fore her friend . She was not content to inform perfons who began to know and esteem Mrs. Manley , that her marriage was a cheat ; but even endeavour- ed to make the duchefs jealous of ...
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... reputation , she was refolved to re- main in it concealed . ' It was in this folitude fhe composed her first tra- gedy , which was much more famous for the lan- guage , fire , and tendernefs , than the conduct . Mrs. Barry diftinguifhed ...
... reputation , she was refolved to re- main in it concealed . ' It was in this folitude fhe composed her first tra- gedy , which was much more famous for the lan- guage , fire , and tendernefs , than the conduct . Mrs. Barry diftinguifhed ...
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... reputation , than her virtue , was favoured by her , the world was fo much convinced of it , that her character was now abfolutely loft . Sir Thomas was a weak , vain , conceited coxcomb , who de- lighted in boafting of his conquefts ...
... reputation , than her virtue , was favoured by her , the world was fo much convinced of it , that her character was now abfolutely loft . Sir Thomas was a weak , vain , conceited coxcomb , who de- lighted in boafting of his conquefts ...
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... reputation , both as a ftatefman , and a poet . Mr. Prior is reprefented by those who knew , and have wrote concerning him , as a gen- tleman , who united the elegance and politeness of a court , with the fcholar , and the man of ge ...
... reputation , both as a ftatefman , and a poet . Mr. Prior is reprefented by those who knew , and have wrote concerning him , as a gen- tleman , who united the elegance and politeness of a court , with the fcholar , and the man of ge ...
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Էջ 12 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise...
Էջ 193 - O could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho
Էջ 236 - The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at Once the favourite of the town; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers; her life written, books of letters and...
Էջ 236 - Furthermore, it drove out of England (for that season) the Italian Opera, which had carried all before it for ten years.
Էջ 116 - An Account of the Growth of Popery and arbitrary Government in England...
Էջ 106 - Richard would call for the reckoning, and return home; but his expectations deceived him, for Sir Richard told him that he was without money, and that the pamphlet must be sold before the dinner could be paid for...
Էջ 105 - Richard, with an air of the utmost importance, to come very early to his house the next morning. Mr. Savage came as he had promised, found the chariot at the door, and Sir Richard waiting for him, and ready to go out. What was intended, and whither they were to go, Savage could not conjecture, and was not willing to inquire ; but immediately seated himself with Sir Richard.
Էջ 161 - A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud and great: Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear; From nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had lived, and that he died.
Էջ 111 - any, not the remotest relation to public matters, nor correspondence with the persons then predominant, until the year 1657 ; when indeed I entered into an employment, for which I was not altogether improper, and which I considered to be the most innocent and inoffensive towards his majesty's affairs, of any in that usurped and irregular government, to which all men were then exposed.
Էջ 236 - This piece was received with greater applause than was ever known. Besides being acted in London sixtythree days without interruption, and renewed the next season with equal applause, it spread into all the great towns of England; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time ; at Bath and Bristol fifty, &c.