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1686 — early 1689 : Early 1689 : Spring of 1689 : Summer of 1690 : Autumn of 1691 : 5 July 1692 : May 1694 : 5 Oct. 1694 : 13 Jan. 1695 : May 1696 : 27 Jan. 1699 : BIOGRAPHICAL SYNOPSIS 1667-1699 Born Dublin , a posthumous child ...
1686 — early 1689 : Early 1689 : Spring of 1689 : Summer of 1690 : Autumn of 1691 : 5 July 1692 : May 1694 : 5 Oct. 1694 : 13 Jan. 1695 : May 1696 : 27 Jan. 1699 : BIOGRAPHICAL SYNOPSIS 1667-1699 Born Dublin , a posthumous child ...
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His transformation was brought about , however , not by any renunciation of the themes and ideas which he had been striving to develop in the early verse , but by a rich elaboration of these and a sudden discovery of a new medium of ...
His transformation was brought about , however , not by any renunciation of the themes and ideas which he had been striving to develop in the early verse , but by a rich elaboration of these and a sudden discovery of a new medium of ...
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And now a final word , not about the very early verses , but about two metrical compositions which date from Swift's last year at Moor Park . Dryden's prophecy -'You will never be a poet'- was to prove false in time , we have already ...
And now a final word , not about the very early verses , but about two metrical compositions which date from Swift's last year at Moor Park . Dryden's prophecy -'You will never be a poet'- was to prove false in time , we have already ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 3 |
MOOR PARK AND SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE | 10 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a | 49 |
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