 | James Hain Friswell - 1880 - 380 oldal
...work enormously. "I fared," said Steele, always modest and ready to praise others rather than himself, "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 I could not do without dependence on him." Addison's... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1883 - 500 oldal
...than that of furnishing an entertaining paper; but when Addison joined him, as Steele said, " 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... | |
 | Dictionary - 1883 - 626 oldal
...effect of Addison's papers was very great. ' I fared,' said Steele in the preface to the final volume, ' 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... | |
 | Famous people - 1883 - 552 oldal
...consulted about the scheme, but, however he heard of it, he determined to lend his assistance. The effect cannot be better described than in Steele's own words. ''I fared," he says, "like a distressed prince who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid. I was undone by my auxiliary.... | |
 | William John Courthope - 1884 - 202 oldal
...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 own auxiliary ; when I had once called him in I could not subsist without dependence... | |
 | F L. Clarke - 1884 - 278 oldal
...of it he promised ready assistance, and well did he fulfil the promise. " I fared," says Steele, " 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... | |
 | 1885 - 502 oldal
...effect of Addison's papers was very great. ' I fared,' said Steele in the preface to the final volume, ' like a distressed prince who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid. I was undone by my auxiliary ; when 1 had once called him in, I could not subsist without dependence... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 416 oldal
...kindly prodigal writes, generously complimenting Addison for his assistance in the Toiler, — " 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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 572 oldal
...prodigal writes, generously complimenting Addison for his assistance in the "Tatler", — "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... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1885 - 568 oldal
...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... | |
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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. 
