The Lives of the Most Eminent English PoetsWarne, 1872 |
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Pàgina xv
... SAVAGE , 1698-1743 ---- 800 p . 303 His mother , Anne Countess of Macclesfield , 303 - Baptized at St. Andrew's , Holborn , 304 - Death of his father , Earl Rivers , 305 - Steele takes him by the hand , 307 - Their dinner at Hyde Park ...
... SAVAGE , 1698-1743 ---- 800 p . 303 His mother , Anne Countess of Macclesfield , 303 - Baptized at St. Andrew's , Holborn , 304 - Death of his father , Earl Rivers , 305 - Steele takes him by the hand , 307 - Their dinner at Hyde Park ...
Pàgina xx
... Savage was wasting considerable powers in temporary gratification , John- son was advancing slowly but surely into a higher class of society . The powers of his pen were supported by those of his conversation ; he lost no friend by ...
... Savage was wasting considerable powers in temporary gratification , John- son was advancing slowly but surely into a higher class of society . The powers of his pen were supported by those of his conversation ; he lost no friend by ...
Pàgina 217
... savage Saxon , talks of Venus , and the eagle that bears the thunder of Jupiter . This play discovers its own date , by a prediction of the Union , in imitation of Cranmer's prophetic promises to Henry the Eighth . The anticipated ...
... savage Saxon , talks of Venus , and the eagle that bears the thunder of Jupiter . This play discovers its own date , by a prediction of the Union , in imitation of Cranmer's prophetic promises to Henry the Eighth . The anticipated ...
Pàgina 276
... savage nature , in fastening upon the celebrated author , dwelling upon his imaginary defects , and passing over his conspicuous excellences . He treats all writers upon the same impartial foot ; and is not , like the little critics ...
... savage nature , in fastening upon the celebrated author , dwelling upon his imaginary defects , and passing over his conspicuous excellences . He treats all writers upon the same impartial foot ; and is not , like the little critics ...
Pàgina 305
... Savage . The same cruelty which incited his mother to intercept this provision which had been intended him , prompted her in a short time to another project , a project worthy of such a disposition . She endeavoured to rid herself from ...
... Savage . The same cruelty which incited his mother to intercept this provision which had been intended him , prompted her in a short time to another project , a project worthy of such a disposition . She endeavoured to rid herself from ...
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