Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Pagina 68
... fortune . Sir Richard very frankly confessed that they were fellows of whom he would very willingly be rid . And being then asked why he did not discharge them , declared that they were bailiffs , who had intro- duced themselves with an ...
... fortune . Sir Richard very frankly confessed that they were fellows of whom he would very willingly be rid . And being then asked why he did not discharge them , declared that they were bailiffs , who had intro- duced themselves with an ...
Pagina 70
... fortune without any other friend than Mr. Wilks ; a man who , whatever were his abilities or skill as an actor , deserves at least to be remembered for his virtues , which are not often to be found in the world , and perhaps less often ...
... fortune without any other friend than Mr. Wilks ; a man who , whatever were his abilities or skill as an actor , deserves at least to be remembered for his virtues , which are not often to be found in the world , and perhaps less often ...
Pagina 72
... fortune gave her any influence , and indeed succeeded too well in her design ; but could not always propagate her effrontery with her cruelty ; for some of those whom she incited against him were ashamed of their own conduct , and ...
... fortune gave her any influence , and indeed succeeded too well in her design ; but could not always propagate her effrontery with her cruelty ; for some of those whom she incited against him were ashamed of their own conduct , and ...
Pagina 87
... fortune that regard which they owe to merit , and are pleased when they have an opportunity at once of gratifying their vanity and practising their duty . This interval of prosperity furnished him with oppor- tunities of enlarging his ...
... fortune that regard which they owe to merit , and are pleased when they have an opportunity at once of gratifying their vanity and practising their duty . This interval of prosperity furnished him with oppor- tunities of enlarging his ...
Pagina 97
... fortunes necessarily placed at a distance from the greatest part of mankind , and to examine whether their merit was magnified or diminished by the medium through which it was contemplated ; whether the splendour with which they dazzled ...
... fortunes necessarily placed at a distance from the greatest part of mankind , and to examine whether their merit was magnified or diminished by the medium through which it was contemplated ; whether the splendour with which they dazzled ...
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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