 | 1896 - 726 σελίδες
...the Colonel Brett who had married the divorced Countess — warmly championed his cause, asserting "that the inhumanity of his mother had given him a right to find every good man his father." But everybody's child met the fate of everybody's business. Steele, according to Dr. Johnson, had intended... | |
 | Francis Atterbury, Robert Folkestone Williams - 1869 - 498 σελίδες
...characteristic good nature, stated in one of 232 MRS. OLDFIELD. his periodicals, "The Plain Dealer," that "the inhumanity of his mother had given him a right to find every good man his father." No doubt seems to have been entertained of his story by those who possessed the fullest opportunity... | |
 | William Clark Russell - 1871 - 550 σελίδες
...Ill-fated Savage, at whose birth was given No parents but the Muse, no friend but heaven. RB Sheridan. The inhumanity of his mother had given him a right to find every good man his father. — Stale. Though he may not be altogether secure against the objections of the critics, it must, however,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1872 - 434 σελίδες
...affecting Life of Richard Savage, who was pitied, caressed, and relieved by Steele. Johnson proceeds : Sir Richard Steele having declared in his favour with...given him a right to find every good man his father."* Nor was Mr. Savage admitted to his acquaintance only, but to his confidence, of which he sometimes... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 σελίδες
...in " The Plain Dealer," from which he quotes this strong saving of the generous Sir Richard Steele, that " the inhumanity of his mother had given him a right to find every good man his father." At the same time it must be acknowledged, that Lady Macclesfield and her relations might still wish... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 388 σελίδες
...nature. In one of those phrases of his which so often crop up in his writings, Savage complaining avers that "the inhumanity of his mother had given him a right to find every good man his father." The easy confidence with which Steele treated his young friend is shown by a well-known anecdote. He... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 742 σελίδες
...before in The Plain Dealer; from which he quotes this strong saying of the generous Sir Richard Steele, that the "inhumanity of his mother had given him a right to find every good man his father. ' At the same time it must be acknowledged, that Lady Macclesfield and her relations might still wish... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1889 - 476 σελίδες
...Trinity 5 Geo. I., 207. 3 Common Pleas Judgment Rolls, Mich. 6 Geo. I., 506, 705. ' Pages 35, 105 note. all the ardour of benevolence which constituted his...given him a right to find every good man his father.' " 1 Steele went so far as to propose that Savage, after being established in some settled scheme of... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1889 - 476 σελίδες
...Trinity 5 Geo. I., 207. - Common Pleas Judgment Rolls, Mich. 6 Geo. I., 506, 705. 1 Pages 35, 105 note. all the ardour of benevolence which constituted his...mother had given him a right to find every good man his father.'"1 Steele went so far as to propose that Savage, after being established in some settled scheme... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 566 σελίδες
...before in The Plain Dealer ; from which he quotes this strong saying of the generous Sir Richard Steele, that the " inhumanity of his mother had given him a right to find every good man his father." At the same time it must be acknowledged, that Lady Macclesfield and her relations might still wish... | |
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Spanish, but with little better success than before; for though it was received and acted, yet it appeared so late in the year that the author obtained no other advantage from it than the acquaintance of Sir Richard Steele and Mr. Wilks, by whom he was... 
