The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 - English poetry |
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... King William was ftrongly prejudiced , after having in vain tried to fhew the Earl that the propofal involved nothing dangerous to royal power , he fent Swift for the fame purpose to the King . Swift , who probably was proud of his ...
... King William was ftrongly prejudiced , after having in vain tried to fhew the Earl that the propofal involved nothing dangerous to royal power , he fent Swift for the fame purpose to the King . Swift , who probably was proud of his ...
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. determination of the King ; and used to mention this disappointment as his first antidote against vanity . Before he left Ireland he contracted a diforder , as he thought , by ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. determination of the King ; and used to mention this disappointment as his first antidote against vanity . Before he left Ireland he contracted a diforder , as he thought , by ...
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... Swift began early to think , or to hope , that he was a poet , and wrote Pindarick Odes to Temple , to the King , and to the Athenian Society , a knot of obfcure B 3 obfcure men * , who published a periodical pamphlet of SWIFT . 5.
... Swift began early to think , or to hope , that he was a poet , and wrote Pindarick Odes to Temple , to the King , and to the Athenian Society , a knot of obfcure B 3 obfcure men * , who published a periodical pamphlet of SWIFT . 5.
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... King William , a promife of the firft prebend that should be vacant at Westminster or Canterbury . That this promife might not be forgotten , Swift dedicated to the King the pofthumous works with which he was intrufted : but neither the ...
... King William , a promife of the firft prebend that should be vacant at Westminster or Canterbury . That this promife might not be forgotten , Swift dedicated to the King the pofthumous works with which he was intrufted : but neither the ...
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... King . A book under that title was published , with Swift's name , by Dr. Lucas ; of which I can only fay , that it seemed by no means to correfpond with the notions that I had formed of it , from a con- verfation which I once heard ...
... King . A book under that title was published , with Swift's name , by Dr. Lucas ; of which I can only fay , that it seemed by no means to correfpond with the notions that I had formed of it , from a con- verfation which I once heard ...
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