 | Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1754 - 360 pages
...Office he performed with Juch Force of Genius, Humour, Wit and Learning, that I fared like a dijlrejfed Prince^ who calls in a powerful Neighbour to his Aid; I was undone by my Auxiliary ; when I had once called him in, I could not fubjift without Dependance on him. THE fame Hand writ... | |
 | Biography - 1761 - 544 pages
...office he performed withfuch force ofgenius,liumour,wit, and learning, that I fared like a diftreffed prince, who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid ; I was undone by my auxiliary. When I had once called him in, I could not fubl!ft without dependence on him. The fame hand writ the... | |
 | New and general biographical dictionary - Biography - 1761 - 534 pages
...fuch ferce of genius, humour, wit, and learning, that I fared like a cliftrefled prince, who calis in a powerful neighbour to his aid ; I was undone by my auxiliary. When I had once called him in, I could not fabfift without dependence on him. The fame hand writ the... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - English essays - 1774 - 366 pages
...office he performed with fuch force of genius, humour, wit and learning, that 1 lared like a diftreffed Prince, who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid ; I was undone by my auxiliary ; when I had once called him in, I could not fubfift without dependance on him. The fame hand writ... | |
 | 1785 - 698 pages
...office he performed with fuch force of genius, humour, wit, and learning, that I fared like a diftrefled prince, who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid; I was undone by my auxiliary; when I had once called him in, I could not fubiift ivithout dépendance on him. The fame hand writ... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1786 - 516 pages
...office he performed with fuch force of genius, humour, wit, and learning, that E fared like a diftrefied Prince, who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid ; I was undone by my * TATL. N° 138. t TATL. N« 9. •JTATI,. NO it.; N° 75. § TATL<N° 193. || The veil of fecrecy... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1803 - 496 pages
...this nature. This good office he performed with such force of genius, humour, wit, and learning, that I fared like a distressed prince, who calls in a powerful...neighbour to his aid ; I was undone by my auxiliary ; when I had once called him in, I could not subsist without dependance on him. The same hand writ... | |
 | 1843 - 586 pages
...effect of that assistance cannot be better described than in Steele's own words. ' I fared,' he said, like a distressed prince ' who calls in a powerful...neighbour to his aid. I was undone ' by my auxiliary. When I had once called him in, I could not ' subsist without dependence on him.' ' The paper,' he says... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1808 - 496 pages
...discovery led him to farther assistances, insomuch, that as Steele well expressed, he fared by this means like a distressed prince who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid 5 that is, he was undone by his auxiliary. Such was the superiority of Mr. Addiscn's genius, and so... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1809 - 384 pages
...this nature. This good office he performed with such force of genius, humour, wit, and learning, that I fared like a distressed Prince who calls in a powerful...neighbour to his aid. I was undone by my auxiliary. When I had once called him in, I could not subsist without dependence on him. " The same hand writ... | |
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I fared like a distressed Prince who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid. I was undone by my auxiliary. When I had once called him in, I could not subsist without dependence on him. 
