LettersJohn Nichols and son, 1809 - 696 pages |
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... Plaxton . 646 496. To Miss Steele . 648 497. From Mr. Asplin . 649 • 498. To Miss Mary Steele ... 499-502 . Mr. Meyricke to Miss Steele ... 503. Mr. Harcourt to Miss Steele ... 650 651-658 659 504 . Miss Steele to Mr. Trevor . 661 505 ...
... Plaxton . 646 496. To Miss Steele . 648 497. From Mr. Asplin . 649 • 498. To Miss Mary Steele ... 499-502 . Mr. Meyricke to Miss Steele ... 503. Mr. Harcourt to Miss Steele ... 650 651-658 659 504 . Miss Steele to Mr. Trevor . 661 505 ...
Page 571
... Plaxton , desiring he would buy my Son a trunk for keeping my letters , & c . Sept. 4. Writ to Mr. Plaxton concerning my Son . Mrs. Splane taking measure of the rooms for hangings to be sent from Edinburgh . For Songs to Mr. Wilks , Mr ...
... Plaxton , desiring he would buy my Son a trunk for keeping my letters , & c . Sept. 4. Writ to Mr. Plaxton concerning my Son . Mrs. Splane taking measure of the rooms for hangings to be sent from Edinburgh . For Songs to Mr. Wilks , Mr ...
Page 572
Sir Richard Steele. Edinburgh , Oct. 4. Sent Mr. Plaxton this ac- count , formed upon papers sent to me from Pater- son's : STEELE Cr . £ . s . ä . From Midsummer 1719 to Michaelmas 1720 , at 1000l . per annum Coming to Scotland , of my ...
Sir Richard Steele. Edinburgh , Oct. 4. Sent Mr. Plaxton this ac- count , formed upon papers sent to me from Pater- son's : STEELE Cr . £ . s . ä . From Midsummer 1719 to Michaelmas 1720 , at 1000l . per annum Coming to Scotland , of my ...
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... PLAXTON . " Nov. 29 , 1720. My dear patron Sir Richard Steele writ to Mr. Alexander Scurlock at Caermar- then , to remit him 50l . part of 100l . charged in his account to Sir Richard as accepted to be paid to his uncle Phillips ; but ...
... PLAXTON . " Nov. 29 , 1720. My dear patron Sir Richard Steele writ to Mr. Alexander Scurlock at Caermar- then , to remit him 50l . part of 100l . charged in his account to Sir Richard as accepted to be paid to his uncle Phillips ; but ...
Page 576
... Plaxton appears due , besides salary , 14s . 04d . Dec. 29. A letter from Edward Rice of New- ton , signifying that Sir Thomas Stepney would not stand next election of Parliament ; but that he , Mr. Rice , would ; and desiring Sir ...
... Plaxton appears due , besides salary , 14s . 04d . Dec. 29. A letter from Edward Rice of New- ton , signifying that Sir Thomas Stepney would not stand next election of Parliament ; but that he , Mr. Rice , would ; and desiring Sir ...
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acquaintance Addison affectionate father agreeable appear April Aynston believe Betty Bishop Bishop Hoadly Bishop of Bangor Carmarthen character Cibber Colley Cibber Comedy concerned Conscious Lovers Country DEAR CHILD DEAR PRUE Deputy Lieutenants desire Duke of Newcastle Earl ELIZABETH STEELE endeavours esteem expence favour fortune gentleman give Grace happy heart Hoadly honour hope humour JAMES'S-STREET justice Keck King LADY STEELE leave Leonard Welsted letter liberty live Lord Madam Majesty Majesty's mankind Mary Steele merit MEYRICKE Miss Steele Molly morning never night obedient humble servant obedient husband obliged occasion Parliament patent person Plaxton Playhouse pleased pleasure pounds reason received RICH sent Sept shew Sir Richard Steele speak spirit Steele's Tatler Theatre thing thought tion town Trevor undated virtue wife wish woman writ write
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Page 647 - No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
Page 647 - tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them ? To die: to sleep...
Page 613 - 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.
Page 647 - tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die: to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil...
Page 605 - I told him there was nothing I so ardently wished, as that we might some time or other publish a work written by us both, which should bear the name of The Monument, in memory of our friendship.
Page 615 - Drummer ; at the same time I will allow, that he sent for me, which he could always do, from his natural power over me, as much as he could send for any of his clerks when he was secretary of state, and told me that " a gentleman then in the room had written a play that he was sure I would like, but it was to be a secret, and he knew I would take as much pains, since he recommended it, as I would for him.
Page 605 - I had never publicly acknowledged them. After I have put other friends upon importuning him to publish dramatic, as well as other writings he has by him, I shall end what I think I am obliged to say on this head, by giving my reader this hint for the better judging of my productions, that the best comment upon them would be an account when the patron to the Tender Husband was in England, or abroad.
Page 363 - I shall not compliment you upon your birth, person, or fortune ; nor on any other the like perfections which you possess, whether you will or no ; but shall only touch upon those which are of your own acquiring, and in which every one must allow you have a real merit.
Page 623 - From place to place forlorn I go, With downcast eyes a silent shade; Forbidden to declare my woe; To speak, till spoken to, afraid.
Page 615 - was particular in this writer, that when he had taken his resolution or made his plan for what he designed to write, he would walk about a room and dictate it into language with as much freedom and ease as any one could write it down, and attend to the coherence and grammar of what he dictated.