Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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Page 185
... Swift his uncle , who had supported him , left without subsistence , he went to consult his mother , who then lived at Leicester , about the future course of his life , and by ... Swift with him ; and when he was consulted by the SWIFT 185.
... Swift his uncle , who had supported him , left without subsistence , he went to consult his mother , who then lived at Leicester , about the future course of his life , and by ... Swift with him ; and when he was consulted by the SWIFT 185.
Page 187
... Swift so necessary , that he invited him back , with a promise to procure him English preferment , in exchange for the prebend which he desired him to resign . With this request Swift complied , having perhaps equally repented their ...
... Swift so necessary , that he invited him back , with a promise to procure him English preferment , in exchange for the prebend which he desired him to resign . With this request Swift complied , having perhaps equally repented their ...
Page 188
... Swift dedi- cated to the King the posthumous works with which he was intrusted ; but neither the dedication , nor tenderness for the man whom he once had treated with confidence and fondness , revived in King William the remembrance of ...
... Swift dedi- cated to the King the posthumous works with which he was intrusted ; but neither the dedication , nor tenderness for the man whom he once had treated with confidence and fondness , revived in King William the remembrance of ...
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