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Pagina 36
... formidable , the character given him by his friends was never contradicted by his enemies . Of those with whom interest or opinion united him he had not only the esteem , but the kindness ; and of 36 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... formidable , the character given him by his friends was never contradicted by his enemies . Of those with whom interest or opinion united him he had not only the esteem , but the kindness ; and of 36 LIVES OF THE POETS .
Pagina 37
... interest once raised too high is in danger , lest the next age should , by the vengeance of criticism , sink it in the same proportion . A great writer has lately styled him " an indifferent poet , and a worse critic . " His poetry is ...
... interest once raised too high is in danger , lest the next age should , by the vengeance of criticism , sink it in the same proportion . A great writer has lately styled him " an indifferent poet , and a worse critic . " His poetry is ...
Pagina 58
... all the cogency of argument , are employed to recommend to the reader his real interest , the care of pleasing the Author of his being . Truth is shown some- times as the phantom of a vision ; sometimes appears 58 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... all the cogency of argument , are employed to recommend to the reader his real interest , the care of pleasing the Author of his being . Truth is shown some- times as the phantom of a vision ; sometimes appears 58 LIVES OF THE POETS .
Pagina 62
... interest could be promoted by neglect or cruelty . The dread of shame or of poverty , by which some wretches have been incited to abandon or murder their children , cannot be supposed to have affected a woman who had proclaimed her ...
... interest could be promoted by neglect or cruelty . The dread of shame or of poverty , by which some wretches have been incited to abandon or murder their children , cannot be supposed to have affected a woman who had proclaimed her ...
Pagina 65
... interest , and without provocation ; and Savage might on this occasion find protectors and advocates among those who had long traded in crimes , and whom compassion had never touched before . Being hindered , by whatever means , from ...
... interest , and without provocation ; and Savage might on this occasion find protectors and advocates among those who had long traded in crimes , and whom compassion had never touched before . Being hindered , by whatever means , from ...
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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