Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pagina's |
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Pagina 7
... probably not long , under Mr. Shaw , then master of the school at Lichfield , father of the late Dr. Peter Shaw . Of this interval his biographers have given no account , and I know it only from a story of a barring- out , told me ...
... probably not long , under Mr. Shaw , then master of the school at Lichfield , father of the late Dr. Peter Shaw . Of this interval his biographers have given no account , and I know it only from a story of a barring- out , told me ...
Pagina 8
... probably without much purpose of repayment ; but Addison , who seems to have had other notions of a hun- dred pounds , grew impatient of delay , and reclaimed his loan by an execution . Steele felt with great sensibility 8 LIVES OF THE ...
... probably without much purpose of repayment ; but Addison , who seems to have had other notions of a hun- dred pounds , grew impatient of delay , and reclaimed his loan by an execution . Steele felt with great sensibility 8 LIVES OF THE ...
Pagina 9
... probably the effect of his civility rather than approbation . Three of his Latin poems are upon subjects on which perhaps he would not have ventured to have written in his own language : - " The Battle of the Pigmies and Cranes ...
... probably the effect of his civility rather than approbation . Three of his Latin poems are upon subjects on which perhaps he would not have ventured to have written in his own language : - " The Battle of the Pigmies and Cranes ...
Pagina 11
... probably to learn the French language ; and then proceeded in his journey to Italy , which he surveyed with the eyes of a poet . While he was travelling at leisure , he was far from being idle : for he not only collected his ...
... probably to learn the French language ; and then proceeded in his journey to Italy , which he surveyed with the eyes of a poet . While he was travelling at leisure , he was far from being idle : for he not only collected his ...
Pagina 21
... probably by his temper more furious than Addison , for what they called liberty , and though a flatterer of the Whig Ministry , could not sit quiet at a successful play ; but was eager to tell friends and enemies that they had misplaced ...
... probably by his temper more furious than Addison , for what they called liberty , and though a flatterer of the Whig Ministry , could not sit quiet at a successful play ; but was eager to tell friends and enemies that they had misplaced ...
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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