The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 - English poetry |
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... wrote the " Tale of a Tub " and the " Battle of the Books . " 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 ...
... wrote the " Tale of a Tub " and the " Battle of the Books . " 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 ...
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... wrote a " Project for the " Advancement of Religion , " addreffed to Lady Berkeley ; by whose kindness it is not unlikely that he was advanced to his benefices . To this project , which is formed with great purity of intention , and ...
... wrote a " Project for the " Advancement of Religion , " addreffed to Lady Berkeley ; by whose kindness it is not unlikely that he was advanced to his benefices . To this project , which is formed with great purity of intention , and ...
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... and mentions fome- thing contributed by him to his paper . But he was now immerging into political controverfy ; for the year 1710 produced the " Examiner , " of which Swift wrote thirty - three papers . In argument he Swift SWIFT . II.
... and mentions fome- thing contributed by him to his paper . But he was now immerging into political controverfy ; for the year 1710 produced the " Examiner , " of which Swift wrote thirty - three papers . In argument he Swift SWIFT . II.
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... wrote in the year 1711 a " Letter to the Octo- " ber Club , " a number of Tory Gentlemen fent from the country to parliament , who formed them- felves into a club , to the number of about a hun- dred , and met to animate the zeal and ...
... wrote in the year 1711 a " Letter to the Octo- " ber Club , " a number of Tory Gentlemen fent from the country to parliament , who formed them- felves into a club , to the number of about a hun- dred , and met to animate the zeal and ...
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... wrote what was then fuppreffed , but has fince ap- peared under the title of " Free thoughts on the pre- " fent State of Affairs . " While he was waiting in this retirement for events which time or chance might bring to pafs , the death ...
... wrote what was then fuppreffed , but has fince ap- peared under the title of " Free thoughts on the pre- " fent State of Affairs . " While he was waiting in this retirement for events which time or chance might bring to pafs , the death ...
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