Oxfords delighted to honour, and whom the Duchess of Portland, the ' noble, lovely, little Peggy' of one of his most charming minor pieces, described as making ' himself beloved by every living thing in the house — master, child, and servant, human... Eighteenth Century Vignettes: Third Series - Page 250by Austin Dobson - 1896 - 364 pagesFull view - About this book
| Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...the fifty-seventh year of his age. The Duchess of Portland, Lord Oxford's daughter, said Prior made ease my store ; But here a grievance seems to lie,...this is mine tint till I die ; I can't but think 'two He is, however, described as having been fond of low company, and at tlie time of his death, was, according... | |
| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - 514 pages
...family in the same degree as Matthew Prior ; of whom she always spoke with affection, and said he made himself beloved by every living thing in the house,...master, child, and servant, human creature or animal. It is a common remark, that people of brilliant parts often have no objection to relax, or rest, their... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 484 pages
...family in the same degree as Matthew Prior, of whom she always npoke with affection, and said he made himself beloved by every living thing in the house...master, child, and servant, human creature or animal. — LADV LODISA STUAUT ^ daughter of the Countess of Bute, and grand-daughter of Lady MW Montagu),... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 450 pages
...family in the same degree as Matthew Prior, of whom she always spoke with affection, and said he made himself beloved by every living thing in the house...master, child, and servant, human creature or animal. — LADY LOUISA STUAIIT (daughter of the Countess of Bute, and grand-daughter of Lady MW Montagu),... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1872 - 570 pages
...Oxford papers at Longleat. 1 Lord Harley's daughter, the Duchess of Portland, said that Prior " made himself beloved by every living thing in the house,...master, child, and servant, human creature or animal." His prevailing vice was an addiction to low amours, which VOL. VIII. — CORRESPONDENCE, VOL. were... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1872 - 576 pages
...Oxford papers at Longleat. ' Lord Harley's daughter, the Duchess of Portland, said that Prior " made himself beloved by every living thing in the house,...master, child, and servant, human creature or animal." His prevailing vice was an addiction to low amours, which VOL. VIII. — CORBESPONDBHOE, VOL. were... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 pages
...the fifty-seventh year of his age. The Duchess of Portland, Lord Oxford's daughter, said Prior made himself beloved by every living thing in the house...master, child, and servant, human creature or animal. He is, however, described as having been fond of low company, and at the time of his death, was, according... | |
| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1887 - 574 pages
...family in the same degree as Matthew Prior ; of whom she always spoke with affection, and said he made himself beloved by every living thing in the house,...— master, child, and servant, human creature or animal.1 It is a common remark, that people of brilliant parts often have no objection to relax, or... | |
| 1888 - 438 pages
...him as the kindly, companionable man, whom two generations of Dorsets and Oxfords delighted to honor, and whom the Duchess of Portland, the " noble, lovely,...master, child, and servant, human creature or animal." Like Pope, Prior must have " lisped in numbers." " I remember," he says, in some manuscript notes which... | |
| Matthew Prior - 1889 - 326 pages
...fortunate discrimination of Xanthias the Phocian. But it is needless to enlarge upon the chapter of his frailties. It is pleasanter to think of him as the...master, child, and servant, human creature or animal." l Like Pope, Prior must have "lisped in numbers." " I remember," he says, in some MSS. which once belonged... | |
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