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
... relation in the county of Wexford had made him his heir ; but on learning the hu- miliating situation into which he had plunged himself , he instantly altered his will , and left his property to one whom he esteemed more worthy of the ...
... relation in the county of Wexford had made him his heir ; but on learning the hu- miliating situation into which he had plunged himself , he instantly altered his will , and left his property to one whom he esteemed more worthy of the ...
Page 63
... relation . The wits of the time too , among whom were Steele and Addison , supported . Swift , and uniformly affirm- ed that Partridge had died on the day and hour predicted . The distress and vexation of Partridge him- self upon this ...
... relation . The wits of the time too , among whom were Steele and Addison , supported . Swift , and uniformly affirm- ed that Partridge had died on the day and hour predicted . The distress and vexation of Partridge him- self upon this ...
Page 95
... great humility , I do by this present writing . " Give me leave , on this occasion , to say some- thing in relation to the late men in power ; and to assure you that , whatever I have done , or BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF STEELE , 95.
... great humility , I do by this present writing . " Give me leave , on this occasion , to say some- thing in relation to the late men in power ; and to assure you that , whatever I have done , or BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF STEELE , 95.
Page 128
... relations of Domestic life , his discourses from the pulpit were usually of the most terrific kind . He loved to preach what he termed The Terrors of the Law , and had been for some years in the habit of weekly consigning his affrighted ...
... relations of Domestic life , his discourses from the pulpit were usually of the most terrific kind . He loved to preach what he termed The Terrors of the Law , and had been for some years in the habit of weekly consigning his affrighted ...
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... relation to me . The main prospect on these occasions is that of fortune ; therefore I shall very candidly give you an ac- count of myself as to that particular . My late wife had so extreme a value for me , that she , by fine ...
... relation to me . The main prospect on these occasions is that of fortune ; therefore I shall very candidly give you an ac- count of myself as to that particular . My late wife had so extreme a value for me , that she , by fine ...
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