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Pagina 41
... sometimes great , and sometimes tender ; the versifi- cation is easy and gay . There is doubtless some ad- vantage in the shortness of the lines , which there is little temptation to load with expletive epithets . The dialogue seems ...
... sometimes great , and sometimes tender ; the versifi- cation is easy and gay . There is doubtless some ad- vantage in the shortness of the lines , which there is little temptation to load with expletive epithets . The dialogue seems ...
Pagina 44
... sometimes prosper and the guiltless suffer but that is permitted by the Governor of the World , to show , from the attribute of His infinite justice , that there is a compensation in futurity , to prove the immortality of the human soul ...
... sometimes prosper and the guiltless suffer but that is permitted by the Governor of the World , to show , from the attribute of His infinite justice , that there is a compensation in futurity , to prove the immortality of the human soul ...
Pagina 45
... sometimes what we are to expect . Dennis objects to the characters that they are not natural or reasonable ; but as heroes and heroines are not beings that are seen every day , it is hard to find upon what principles their conduct shall ...
... sometimes what we are to expect . Dennis objects to the characters that they are not natural or reasonable ; but as heroes and heroines are not beings that are seen every day , it is hard to find upon what principles their conduct shall ...
Pagina 56
... sometimes a striking line , or a shining paragraph ; but in the whole he is warm rather than fervid , and shows more dexterity than strength . He was , however , one of our earliest examples of correctness . The versi- fication which he ...
... sometimes a striking line , or a shining paragraph ; but in the whole he is warm rather than fervid , and shows more dexterity than strength . He was , however , one of our earliest examples of correctness . The versi- fication which he ...
Pagina 57
... sometimes condescended to be somewhat familiar , his manner was in general too scholastic for those who had yet their rudiments to learn , and found it not easy to understand their master . His observations were framed rather for those ...
... sometimes condescended to be somewhat familiar , his manner was in general too scholastic for those who had yet their rudiments to learn , and found it not easy to understand their master . His observations were framed rather for those ...
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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