Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 pages |
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... fuppofed to be fent , by Letters . I have been told that Dryden , having perufed thefe verfes , faid , " Coufin Swift , you will " never be a poet ; " and that this de- nunciation was the motive of Swift's per- petual malevolence to ...
... fuppofed to be fent , by Letters . I have been told that Dryden , having perufed thefe verfes , faid , " Coufin Swift , you will " never be a poet ; " and that this de- nunciation was the motive of Swift's per- petual malevolence to ...
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... fuppofed confidant of the Tory Ministry , was treated by all that de- pended on the Court with the respect which dependents know how to pay . He foon began to feel part of the mifery of greatnefs ; he that could fay he knew him ...
... fuppofed confidant of the Tory Ministry , was treated by all that de- pended on the Court with the respect which dependents know how to pay . He foon began to feel part of the mifery of greatnefs ; he that could fay he knew him ...
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... fuppofed to have felt no difcontent when he faw them printed . His favourite maxim was vive la bagatelle ; he thought trifles a necef- fary part of life , and perhaps found them neceffary to himself . It feems im- poffible to him to be ...
... fuppofed to have felt no difcontent when he faw them printed . His favourite maxim was vive la bagatelle ; he thought trifles a necef- fary part of life , and perhaps found them neceffary to himself . It feems im- poffible to him to be ...
Page 100
... fuppofed that there was in his converfation , what appears fo frequently in his Letters , an affectation of familiarity with the Great , an ambi- tion of momentary equality fought and enjoyed by the neglect of thofe ceremo- nies which ...
... fuppofed that there was in his converfation , what appears fo frequently in his Letters , an affectation of familiarity with the Great , an ambi- tion of momentary equality fought and enjoyed by the neglect of thofe ceremo- nies which ...
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... fuppofed to afford any evidence , he was not a man to be either loved or envied . He feems to have wafted life in difcontent , by the rage of neglected pride , and the lan- guifhment of unfatisfied defire . He G 3 is is querulous and ...
... fuppofed to afford any evidence , he was not a man to be either loved or envied . He feems to have wafted life in difcontent , by the rage of neglected pride , and the lan- guifhment of unfatisfied defire . He G 3 is is querulous and ...
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