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, Volumen2Nimmo, 1865 |
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... thoughts are at present entirely on politics . Some of his friends are in pain about him , and are concerned that a paper should be discontinued which might have been generally entertaining without engaging in party matters . " The ...
... thoughts are at present entirely on politics . Some of his friends are in pain about him , and are concerned that a paper should be discontinued which might have been generally entertaining without engaging in party matters . " The ...
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... and sympathy with which he thought such treatment should inspire the minds of all . In the 41st No. of the Guardian , under date of April 28 , 1713 , Steele was drawn into an unfortunate 6 [ CHAP . XI . Steele and his Contemporaries .
... and sympathy with which he thought such treatment should inspire the minds of all . In the 41st No. of the Guardian , under date of April 28 , 1713 , Steele was drawn into an unfortunate 6 [ CHAP . XI . Steele and his Contemporaries .
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... thoughts upon public affairs , without incurring the imputa- tion of offending against the prerogative ; that prince , whatever advantage his ministers might make of his prerogative , would himself soon have no prerogative but that of ...
... thoughts upon public affairs , without incurring the imputa- tion of offending against the prerogative ; that prince , whatever advantage his ministers might make of his prerogative , would himself soon have no prerogative but that of ...
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... thought became a true patriot , a good citizen , and an honest man , who prized too dearly those principles which he now saw in danger , to permit them to be sacrificed without raising a warning voice . With this view he had started the ...
... thought became a true patriot , a good citizen , and an honest man , who prized too dearly those principles which he now saw in danger , to permit them to be sacrificed without raising a warning voice . With this view he had started the ...
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... thought it my duty , " he says in the same place , " I thank God I had no further consideration for myself than to do it in a law- ful and proper way , so as to give no disparagement to a glorious cause from my indiscretion or want of ...
... thought it my duty , " he says in the same place , " I thank God I had no further consideration for myself than to do it in a law- ful and proper way , so as to give no disparagement to a glorious cause from my indiscretion or want of ...
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Página 294 - ... we cannot yet say that any of them have come up to the beauties of the original, I think we may venture to affirm, that every one of them writes and thinks much more justly than they did some time since.
Página 49 - I dare own I am. I read thee over with a lover's eye ; Thou hast no faults, or I no faults can spy ; Thou art all beauty, or all blindness I.
Página 198 - ... tis a soul like thine, a soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, above all pain, all passion and all pride, the rage of power, the blast of public breath, the lust of lucre and the dread of death.
Página 191 - For, yesterday when the queen was going from the house, where she sat to hear the debate, the duke of Shrewsbury lord chamberlain asked her, whether he or the great chamberlain Lindsay ought to lead her out; she answered short, Neither of you...
Página 216 - Oh — yes — yes — to be sure — Annapolis must be defended — troops must be sent to Annapolis — Pray where is Annapolis?" — "Cape Breton an island! wonderful! — show it me in the map. So it is, sure enough. My dear sir, you always bring us good news. I must go and tell the King that Cape Breton is an island.
Página 264 - The time in which he lived had reason to lament his obstinacy of silence ; " for he was," says Steele, " above all men in that talent called humour, and enjoyed it in such perfection, that I have often reflected, after a night spent with him apart from all the world, that I had had the pleasure of conversing with an intimate acquaintance of Terence and Catullus, who had all their wit and nature, heightened with humour more exquisite and delightful than any other man ever possessed.
Página 261 - From place to place forlorn I go, With downcast eyes a silent shade; Forbidden to declare my woe; To speak, till spoken to, afraid.
Página 2 - about poor Dick, and wish that his zeal for the public may not be ruinous to himself. But he has sent me word that he is determined to go on, and that any advice I may give him in this particular will have no weight with him.
Página 234 - Shakespeare, thy gift, I place before my sight ; With awe, I ask his blessing ere I write ; With reverence look on his majestic face; Proud to be less, but of his godlike race.
Página 20 - Steele (Sir Richard) The Englishman : being the Close of the Paper so called. With an Epistle concerning the Whiggs, Tories, and New Converts.