The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 - English poetry |
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... reason for complaint , is faid to have made him Deputy Master of the Rolls in Ireland ; which , according to his kinfman's account , was an office which he knew him not able to discharge . Swift therefore refolved to enter into the ...
... reason for complaint , is faid to have made him Deputy Master of the Rolls in Ireland ; which , according to his kinfman's account , was an office which he knew him not able to discharge . Swift therefore refolved to enter into the ...
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... reason , that the Minifters were lofing opportunities ; that fufficient ufe was not made of the ardour of the nation ; they called loudly for more changes , and ftronger efforts ; and demanded the punishment of part , and the difmiffion ...
... reason , that the Minifters were lofing opportunities ; that fufficient ufe was not made of the ardour of the nation ; they called loudly for more changes , and ftronger efforts ; and demanded the punishment of part , and the difmiffion ...
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... reason to believe that they both " were greatly fhocked and diftreffed ( though it may " be differently ) upon this occafion . The Dean " made a tour to the South of Ireland , for about two " months , at this time , to diffipate his ...
... reason to believe that they both " were greatly fhocked and diftreffed ( though it may " be differently ) upon this occafion . The Dean " made a tour to the South of Ireland , for about two " months , at this time , to diffipate his ...
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... reason for complaint . A Letter was sent her , not so much entreating , as requiring her patronage of Mrs. Barber , an ingenious Irishwoman , who was then begging fubfcriptions for her Poems . To this Letter was fubfcribed the name of ...
... reason for complaint . A Letter was sent her , not so much entreating , as requiring her patronage of Mrs. Barber , an ingenious Irishwoman , who was then begging fubfcriptions for her Poems . To this Letter was fubfcribed the name of ...
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... reason of delay . He tells Pope , in the decline of life , that he hopes once more to fee him ; " but if not , " fays he , " we muft part , as all human beings have parted . " After the death of Stella , his benevolence was contracted ...
... reason of delay . He tells Pope , in the decline of life , that he hopes once more to fee him ; " but if not , " fays he , " we muft part , as all human beings have parted . " After the death of Stella , his benevolence was contracted ...
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