The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 3
... pleased , that he detained him two years in his houfe . Here he became known to King William , who fometimes vifited Temple when he was disabled by the gout , and , being attended by Swift in the garden , fhewed him how to cut afparagus ...
... pleased , that he detained him two years in his houfe . Here he became known to King William , who fometimes vifited Temple when he was disabled by the gout , and , being attended by Swift in the garden , fhewed him how to cut afparagus ...
Pàgina 60
... pleased with himself eafily imagines that he fhall please others . Sir William Trumbal , who had been ambaffador at Conftantinople , and fe- cretary of ftate , when he retired from bufinefs , fixed his refidence in the neighbourhood of ...
... pleased with himself eafily imagines that he fhall please others . Sir William Trumbal , who had been ambaffador at Conftantinople , and fe- cretary of ftate , when he retired from bufinefs , fixed his refidence in the neighbourhood of ...
Pàgina 96
... pleased himself ( Aug. 20 , 1714 ) with imagining that he had re - efta- blished their friendship ; and wrote to Pope that Ad- difon once fufpected him of too clofe a confederacy with Swift , but was now fatisfied with his conduct . To ...
... pleased himself ( Aug. 20 , 1714 ) with imagining that he had re - efta- blished their friendship ; and wrote to Pope that Ad- difon once fufpected him of too clofe a confederacy with Swift , but was now fatisfied with his conduct . To ...
Pàgina 125
... pofitions , of which he perceived himself not to know the full meaning , could by any mode of interpretation be made to mean well . How much he was pleased with his gratuitous defender , the following Letter evi dently fhews his POPE . 125.
... pofitions , of which he perceived himself not to know the full meaning , could by any mode of interpretation be made to mean well . How much he was pleased with his gratuitous defender , the following Letter evi dently fhews his POPE . 125.
Pàgina 159
... pleased with the natural emo- tions of common men . His fcorn of the Great is repeated too often to be real ; no man thinks much of that which he despises ; and as falfehood is always in danger of inconfiftency , he makes it his boaft ...
... pleased with the natural emo- tions of common men . His fcorn of the Great is repeated too often to be real ; no man thinks much of that which he despises ; and as falfehood is always in danger of inconfiftency , he makes it his boaft ...
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