Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 1Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - Authors, English |
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Page 45
... interest . Though he received every remonstrance against the scheme on the part of his friends , who had offered all their influence to promote him in a civil line , he was determined to carry his wishes into execution , and , failing ...
... interest . Though he received every remonstrance against the scheme on the part of his friends , who had offered all their influence to promote him in a civil line , he was determined to carry his wishes into execution , and , failing ...
Page 46
... interest had been praiseworthy ; but Steele should have * Theatre , No. 11 , written by Steele , under the name of Sir John Edgar . reflected , and when time and experience had matured his 46 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF STEELE .
... interest had been praiseworthy ; but Steele should have * Theatre , No. 11 , written by Steele , under the name of Sir John Edgar . reflected , and when time and experience had matured his 46 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF STEELE .
Page 73
... interest with the vestry , where it was carried at last but by two voices , that I am alive . That stratagem failing , out comes a long sable elegy , bedecked with hour glasses , mattocks , sculls , spades , and skeletons , with an ...
... interest with the vestry , where it was carried at last but by two voices , that I am alive . That stratagem failing , out comes a long sable elegy , bedecked with hour glasses , mattocks , sculls , spades , and skeletons , with an ...
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... interest or safety , no opposition , however powerful or able , deterred him from prosecuting what he deemed , after mature reflection , essential to the welfare of his country . The death of King William , who , it is well known ...
... interest or safety , no opposition , however powerful or able , deterred him from prosecuting what he deemed , after mature reflection , essential to the welfare of his country . The death of King William , who , it is well known ...
Page 93
... interest and flattery , he continued him in his offices , declaring at the same time his high esti- mation of his character , and promising to seize an early opportunity of evincing his inclination to serve him . .. These professions ...
... interest and flattery , he continued him in his offices , declaring at the same time his high esti- mation of his character , and promising to seize an early opportunity of evincing his inclination to serve him . .. These professions ...
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