Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Sir Richard Steele: Soldier, Dramatist, Essayist, and Patriot, with His Correspondence, and Notices of His Contemporaries, the Wits and Statesmen of Queen Anne's Time, Band 1Nimmo, 1865 |
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... became more a subject of scandal . But with defects thus on the surface , he had eminently what Byron has celebrated as that 66 Something so warm , so sublime in the core Of an Irishman's heart . " * Another cause , perhaps , has been ...
... became more a subject of scandal . But with defects thus on the surface , he had eminently what Byron has celebrated as that 66 Something so warm , so sublime in the core Of an Irishman's heart . " * Another cause , perhaps , has been ...
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... became a source of much mirth and raillery . They were little disposed to allow of any place of repen- tance , quite as much in a selfish point of view as from any want of charitable feeling ; and the taunt and sneer were not wanting to ...
... became a source of much mirth and raillery . They were little disposed to allow of any place of repen- tance , quite as much in a selfish point of view as from any want of charitable feeling ; and the taunt and sneer were not wanting to ...
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... became possessed of the manuscript volume of verse , which , though almost illegible with erasures and interlineations , and utterly worthless but for the touches of Pope visible throughout , was , on the strength of these and the ...
... became possessed of the manuscript volume of verse , which , though almost illegible with erasures and interlineations , and utterly worthless but for the touches of Pope visible throughout , was , on the strength of these and the ...
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... became a convert . Congreve was unwise enough to enter the lists , and came to grief . Not only did all the brilliancy of his wit seem to forsake him , but his characteristic affectation , that had disgusted Voltaire , which he retained ...
... became a convert . Congreve was unwise enough to enter the lists , and came to grief . Not only did all the brilliancy of his wit seem to forsake him , but his characteristic affectation , that had disgusted Voltaire , which he retained ...
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... became law the 1st of May following . On the 23d of October follow- ing , was opened the first imperial Parliament of Great Britain . The Duke of Queensberry , who had been the first Scotsman to give in his adhesion to the Revolution of ...
... became law the 1st of May following . On the 23d of October follow- ing , was opened the first imperial Parliament of Great Britain . The Duke of Queensberry , who had been the first Scotsman to give in his adhesion to the Revolution of ...
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Seite 160 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Seite 332 - In happy climes, where from the genial sun And virgin earth such scenes ensue, The force of Art by Nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true : In happy climes, the seat of innocence...
Seite 316 - Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, ' Sister Spirit, come away ! ' What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be Death...
Seite 237 - ... says he, that great man who has a mind to help me, has as many to break through to come at me, as I have to come at him : therefore he will conclude, that the man who would make a 'figure, especially in a military way, must get over all false modesty, and assist his patron against the importunity of other pretenders, by a proper assurance in his own vindication. He says it is a civil cowardice to be backward in...
Seite 160 - With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and...
Seite 160 - But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance, after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Seite 4 - The first sense of sorrow I ever knew was upon the death of my father, at which time I was not quite five years of age; but was rather amazed at what all the house meant, than possessed with a real understanding why nobody was willing to play with me. I remember I went into the room where his body lay, and my mother sat weeping alone by it. I had my battledore in my hand, and fell a beating the coffin, and calling Papa; for, I know not how, I had some slight idea that he was locked up there.
Seite 193 - ... tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good; riches being another word for power, towards the obtaining of which the first necessary qualification is impudence, and (as Demosthenes said of pronunciation in oratory) the second is impudence, and the third, still, impudence. No modest man ever did or ever will make his fortune.
Seite 173 - Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers load, On wings of winds came flying...
Seite 160 - ... her in her last moments ; and the wife even at that time concealing; the pains she endured, for fear of increasing his affliction. She kept her eyes upon him for some moments after she grew speechless, and soon after closed them for ever. In the moment of her departure, my friend (who had thus far commanded himself) gave a deep groan, and fell into a swoon by her bedside.