Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... continued his industry for seven years , with what improve- ment is sufficiently known . This part of his story well deserves to be remembered ; it may afford useful admonition and powerful encouragement to men whose abilities have been ...
... continued his industry for seven years , with what improve- ment is sufficiently known . This part of his story well deserves to be remembered ; it may afford useful admonition and powerful encouragement to men whose abilities have been ...
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... continued three years longer at Dublin ; and in this time , if the observation and memory of an old companion may be trusted , he drew the first sketch of his Tale of a Tub2 . 6 When he was about one - and - twenty ( 1688 ) , being by ...
... continued three years longer at Dublin ; and in this time , if the observation and memory of an old companion may be trusted , he drew the first sketch of his Tale of a Tub2 . 6 When he was about one - and - twenty ( 1688 ) , being by ...
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... continued his industry for seven years , with what improve- ment is sufficiently known . This part of his story well deserves to be remembered ; it may afford useful admonition and powerful encouragement to men whose abilities have been ...
... continued his industry for seven years , with what improve- ment is sufficiently known . This part of his story well deserves to be remembered ; it may afford useful admonition and powerful encouragement to men whose abilities have been ...
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... continued three years longer at Dublin ; and in this time , if the observation and memory of an old companion may be trusted , he drew the first sketch of his Tale of a Tub2 . 6 When he was about one - and - twenty ( 1688 ) , being by ...
... continued three years longer at Dublin ; and in this time , if the observation and memory of an old companion may be trusted , he drew the first sketch of his Tale of a Tub2 . 6 When he was about one - and - twenty ( 1688 ) , being by ...
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... continued his studies , and is known to have read , among other books , Cyprian and Irenæus 2. He thought exercise of great necessity , and used to run half a mile up and down a hill every two hours 3 . It is easy to imagine that the ...
... continued his studies , and is known to have read , among other books , Cyprian and Irenæus 2. He thought exercise of great necessity , and used to run half a mile up and down a hill every two hours 3 . It is easy to imagine that the ...
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