Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Pagina 5
... Swift , between which it is set , although Savage himself has no right at all to be remembered in such company . Johnson published this piece of biography when his age was thirty - five ; his other lives of poets appeared when that age ...
... Swift , between which it is set , although Savage himself has no right at all to be remembered in such company . Johnson published this piece of biography when his age was thirty - five ; his other lives of poets appeared when that age ...
Pagina 11
... Swift informs us , distressed by indigence , and compelled to become the tutor of a travelling squire , because his pension was not remitted . At his return he published his Travels , with a dedica- tion to Lord Somers . As his stay in ...
... Swift informs us , distressed by indigence , and compelled to become the tutor of a travelling squire , because his pension was not remitted . At his return he published his Travels , with a dedica- tion to Lord Somers . As his stay in ...
Pagina 14
... Swift has recorded , never to remit his regular fees in civility to his friends : " for , " said he , " I may have a hundred friends ; and if my fee be two guineas , I shall , by relinquishing my right , lose two hundred guineas , and ...
... Swift has recorded , never to remit his regular fees in civility to his friends : " for , " said he , " I may have a hundred friends ; and if my fee be two guineas , I shall , by relinquishing my right , lose two hundred guineas , and ...
Pagina 19
... Swift be credited , was likely to grow less ; for he declares that the Spectator , whom he ridicules for his endless mention of the fair sex , had before his recess wearied his readers . The next year ( 1713 ) , in which Cato came upon ...
... Swift be credited , was likely to grow less ; for he declares that the Spectator , whom he ridicules for his endless mention of the fair sex , had before his recess wearied his readers . The next year ( 1713 ) , in which Cato came upon ...
Pagina 24
... Swift remarks , with exulta- tion , that " it is now down among the dead men . " He might well rejoice at the death of that which he could not have killed . Every reader of every party , since personal malice is past , and the papers ...
... Swift remarks , with exulta- tion , that " it is now down among the dead men . " He might well rejoice at the death of that which he could not have killed . Every reader of every party , since personal malice is past , and the papers ...
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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