 | 1834 - 864 páginas
...political party. Here is Johnson's account : — ' The whole nation was at that time on fire with faction. The Whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every clap to show that the satire was unfelt. The story... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 páginas
...practised for * Cato.'" The danger was soon over. The whole nation was at that time on fire with faction. The Whigs applauded every line in which Liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the Tories; and the Tories echoed every clap, to show that the satire was unt'elt. The story... | |
 | 1843 - 746 páginas
...success at home. This lay in the factious emulations of the two great political sections of society. ' The whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned, as a satire upon the tories; and these re-echoed every clap, to show that the satire was unfelt.' The Queen... | |
 | G.P. Putnam & Co - 1852 - 846 páginas
...grand climacteric of Addison's reputation. The whole nation was, at that time, on fire with faction. The Whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every clap, to show that the satire was unfelt. Another... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1853 - 454 páginas
...contest between Whigs and Tories three years later, when the tragedy of CATO was brought upon the staged "The Whigs applauded every line in which Liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every clap, to show that the satire was unfelt." This... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 páginas
...practised for Cato. The danger was soon over. The whole nation was at that time on fire with faction. The Whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every clap, to show that the satire was unfelt. The story... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 484 páginas
...practised for 'Cato.'52 The danger was soon over. The whole nation was at that time on fire with faction. The Whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned as a satire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every clap to show that the satire was unfelt. The story... | |
 | Parke Godwin - 1854 - 840 páginas
...grand climacteric of Addison's reputation. The whole nation was, at that time, on fire with faction. The Whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned^ as a satire on the Tories; and the lories echoed every clap, to show that the satire was unfelU Another... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1858 - 418 páginas
...motives we must guess. The danger was soon over. The whole nation was at that time on fire with faction. The whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the tories; and the tories echoed every clap, to shew that the satire was un* felt. The story... | |
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This, says Pope *, had been tried for the first time in favour of the Distrest Mother; and was now, with more efficacy, practised for Cato. The danger was soon over. The whole nation was at that time on fire with faction. The Whigs applauded every line... 
