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She thought herself neglected , and died of disappointment ; having ordered by her will the poem to be published , in which Cadenus had proclaimed her excellence , and confessed his love3 . The effect of the publication upon the Dean ...
She thought herself neglected , and died of disappointment ; having ordered by her will the poem to be published , in which Cadenus had proclaimed her excellence , and confessed his love3 . The effect of the publication upon the Dean ...
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Bettesworth , enraged at his disgrace and loss , went to Swift and demanded whether he was the author of that poem 2 . ' Mr. Bettesworth , ' answered he , ' I was in my youth acquainted with great lawyers , who , knowing my disposition ...
Bettesworth , enraged at his disgrace and loss , went to Swift and demanded whether he was the author of that poem 2 . ' Mr. Bettesworth , ' answered he , ' I was in my youth acquainted with great lawyers , who , knowing my disposition ...
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102 As his years increased his fits of giddiness and deafness grew more frequent , and his deafness made conversation difficult 3 ; they grew likewise more severe , till in 1736 , as he was writing a poem called The Legion Club , he was ...
102 As his years increased his fits of giddiness and deafness grew more frequent , and his deafness made conversation difficult 3 ; they grew likewise more severe , till in 1736 , as he was writing a poem called The Legion Club , he was ...
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The poem was , however , sent abroad [ in MS . ] . ' Works , 1803 , ii . 36. Some extracts from the letters ' found their way to the public ' ( Works , xix . 310 ) ; but none , I think , in Swift's lifetime .
The poem was , however , sent abroad [ in MS . ] . ' Works , 1803 , ii . 36. Some extracts from the letters ' found their way to the public ' ( Works , xix . 310 ) ; but none , I think , in Swift's lifetime .
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more than once in The Bathos ' , as a proficient in the Art of Sinking ; and in his enumeration of the different kinds of poets distinguished for the profound , he reckons Broome among ' the Parrots who repeat another's words in such a ...
more than once in The Bathos ' , as a proficient in the Art of Sinking ; and in his enumeration of the different kinds of poets distinguished for the profound , he reckons Broome among ' the Parrots who repeat another's words in such a ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets: Swift-Lyttelton Volume 3 of Lives of the English Poets, George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Publisher | Clarendon Press, 1905 |
| Original from | University of California, Berkeley |
| Digitized | 20 Apr 2015 |
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