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Pagina 11
... obtained ( in 1699 ) a pension of three hundred pounds a year , that he might be enabled to travel . He stayed a year at Blois , probably to learn the French language ; and then proceeded in his journey to Italy , which he surveyed with ...
... obtained ( in 1699 ) a pension of three hundred pounds a year , that he might be enabled to travel . He stayed a year at Blois , probably to learn the French language ; and then proceeded in his journey to Italy , which he surveyed with ...
Pagina 15
... obtain . This species of instruction was continued , and perhaps advanced , by the French ; among whom La Bruyère's " Manners of the Age " ( though , as Boileau remarked , it is written without connection ) certainly deserves praise for ...
... obtain . This species of instruction was continued , and perhaps advanced , by the French ; among whom La Bruyère's " Manners of the Age " ( though , as Boileau remarked , it is written without connection ) certainly deserves praise for ...
Pagina 27
... obtained the recommendation , or how long , and in what manner he lived in the family , I know not . His advances at first were certainly timorous , but grew bolder as his reputation and influence increased ; till at last the lady was ...
... obtained the recommendation , or how long , and in what manner he lived in the family , I know not . His advances at first were certainly timorous , but grew bolder as his reputation and influence increased ; till at last the lady was ...
Pagina 28
... obtain a bishopric ; " for , " said he , " I always thought him a priest in his heart . " That Pope should have thought this conjecture of Tonson worth remembrance , is a proof - but indeed , so far as I have found , the only proof ...
... obtain a bishopric ; " for , " said he , " I always thought him a priest in his heart . " That Pope should have thought this conjecture of Tonson worth remembrance , is a proof - but indeed , so far as I have found , the only proof ...
Pagina 35
... obtained from the servile timidity of his sober hours . He that feels oppres- sion from the presence of those to whom he knows himself superior will desire to set loose his powers of conversa- tion ; and who that ever asked succours ...
... obtained from the servile timidity of his sober hours . He that feels oppres- sion from the presence of those to whom he knows himself superior will desire to set loose his powers of conversa- tion ; and who that ever asked succours ...
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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