Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 էջ |
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... justly considered as the most elegant , if not the most sublime , of his poetical pro- ductions . But in about two years he found it necessary to hasten home ; being , as Swift informs us , distressed by indigence , and compelled to ...
... justly considered as the most elegant , if not the most sublime , of his poetical pro- ductions . But in about two years he found it necessary to hasten home ; being , as Swift informs us , distressed by indigence , and compelled to ...
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... justly supposed qualified by long practice of business , and by his regular ascent through other offices ; but expectation is often disappointed ; it is universally confessed that he was unequal to the duties of his place . In the House ...
... justly supposed qualified by long practice of business , and by his regular ascent through other offices ; but expectation is often disappointed ; it is universally confessed that he was unequal to the duties of his place . In the House ...
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... justly observed by Tickell that he employed wit on the side of virtue and religion . He not only made the proper use of wit himself , but taught it to others ; and from his time it has been generally subservient to the cause of reason ...
... justly observed by Tickell that he employed wit on the side of virtue and religion . He not only made the proper use of wit himself , but taught it to others ; and from his time it has been generally subservient to the cause of reason ...
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... justly , but he thinks faintly . This is his general character ; to which , doubt - t less , many single passages will furnish exception . Yet , if he seldom reaches supreme excellence , he rarely sinks into dulness , and is still more ...
... justly , but he thinks faintly . This is his general character ; to which , doubt - t less , many single passages will furnish exception . Yet , if he seldom reaches supreme excellence , he rarely sinks into dulness , and is still more ...
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... justly imputed to so unimproving an example . Nor did the kindness of Sir Richard end in common favours . He proposed to have established him in some settled scheme of life , and to have contracted a kind of alliance with him , by ...
... justly imputed to so unimproving an example . Nor did the kindness of Sir Richard end in common favours . He proposed to have established him in some settled scheme of life , and to have contracted a kind of alliance with him , by ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards allowed appeared calamities Cato censure character Chevy Chase conduct considered contempt conversation criticism death declared Delany discovered distress elegance endeavoured expected favour fortune friends friendship genius Georgic honour imagined Ireland Juba Juba's justly kindness knew letter likewise lived lodging London Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax Lord Tyrconnel mankind manner mentioned merit mind misery misfortunes mother nature neglect never obliged observed occasion once opinion Orrery pamphlet panegyric paper passion pension performance perhaps person pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical Pope pounds praise procured promise published queen reader reason received regard reputation resentment resolution retired Richard Savage Savage Savage's says scrupulosity Sempronius sentiments Sir Richard Sir Richard Steele Sir Robert Walpole Sir Thomas Overbury solicited sometimes soon Spectator Steele suffered sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler tenderness thought Tickell tion told tragedy verses virtue Whigs write wrote