The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: To the Time of Dean Swift, Volym 4R. Griffiths, 1753 - 356 sidor |
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... lord Sunderland ) he was affiduous to know from whom he had got information of fome parti- culars , which they imagined were above her own intelligence . Her defence was with much humility and forrow , at the fame time denying that any ...
... lord Sunderland ) he was affiduous to know from whom he had got information of fome parti- culars , which they imagined were above her own intelligence . Her defence was with much humility and forrow , at the fame time denying that any ...
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... Lord- -her beauteous numerous race ! Her virtue , modefty , and ev'ry grace ! For thefe , devoutly , to the gods the bows , And offers daily praife , and daily vows : Phoebus , well - pleas'd , the facrifice regards ; And thus the ...
... Lord- -her beauteous numerous race ! Her virtue , modefty , and ev'ry grace ! For thefe , devoutly , to the gods the bows , And offers daily praife , and daily vows : Phoebus , well - pleas'd , the facrifice regards ; And thus the ...
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... lord chancellor Cowper , ( to whom Mr. Hughes was then but lately known ) was pleafed , without any previous follicitation , to make him his fecretary for the commiffions of the peace , and to diftinguish him with fingular marks of his ...
... lord chancellor Cowper , ( to whom Mr. Hughes was then but lately known ) was pleafed , without any previous follicitation , to make him his fecretary for the commiffions of the peace , and to diftinguish him with fingular marks of his ...
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... lord bishop of Winchefter , lord chief baron Gilbert , Sir Godfrey Kneller , Mr. Congreve , Mr. Addifon , Sir Richard Steele , Mr. Southern ,. Mr. Rowe , & c . and might have juftly boalted in the words of Horace --me Cum magnis vixiffe ...
... lord bishop of Winchefter , lord chief baron Gilbert , Sir Godfrey Kneller , Mr. Congreve , Mr. Addifon , Sir Richard Steele , Mr. Southern ,. Mr. Rowe , & c . and might have juftly boalted in the words of Horace --me Cum magnis vixiffe ...
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... lord chamberlain , the day be- fore the performing of this Opera , off the fubfcription for it , and to houfe at the lowest prices , or not at all . defigned to fink it , but failed of its end . to take open the This was It was per ...
... lord chamberlain , the day be- fore the performing of this Opera , off the fubfcription for it , and to houfe at the lowest prices , or not at all . defigned to fink it , but failed of its end . to take open the This was It was per ...
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The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Time of ..., Volym 4 Robert Shiells Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1753 |
The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: To the Time of ..., Volym 4 Theophilus Cibber Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1753 |
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Sida 12 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise...
Sida 193 - O could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho
Sida 236 - The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at Once the favourite of the town; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers; her life written, books of letters and...
Sida 236 - Furthermore, it drove out of England (for that season) the Italian Opera, which had carried all before it for ten years.
Sida 116 - An Account of the Growth of Popery and arbitrary Government in England...
Sida 106 - Richard would call for the reckoning, and return home; but his expectations deceived him, for Sir Richard told him that he was without money, and that the pamphlet must be sold before the dinner could be paid for...
Sida 105 - Richard, with an air of the utmost importance, to come very early to his house the next morning. Mr. Savage came as he had promised, found the chariot at the door, and Sir Richard waiting for him, and ready to go out. What was intended, and whither they were to go, Savage could not conjecture, and was not willing to inquire ; but immediately seated himself with Sir Richard.
Sida 161 - A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud and great: Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear; From nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had lived, and that he died.
Sida 111 - any, not the remotest relation to public matters, nor correspondence with the persons then predominant, until the year 1657 ; when indeed I entered into an employment, for which I was not altogether improper, and which I considered to be the most innocent and inoffensive towards his majesty's affairs, of any in that usurped and irregular government, to which all men were then exposed.
Sida 236 - This piece was received with greater applause than was ever known. Besides being acted in London sixtythree days without interruption, and renewed the next season with equal applause, it spread into all the great towns of England; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time ; at Bath and Bristol fifty, &c.