Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... copy of the third part of Temple's Memoirs . Ib . p . 75 n . 3 lb. p . 515 . It was the first two volumes of Letters that he dedicated , in 1700 . Works , ix . 103 ; Temple's Works , i . 225 . 5 Craik , p . 515. ' That frequent ...
... copy of the third part of Temple's Memoirs . Ib . p . 75 n . 3 lb. p . 515 . It was the first two volumes of Letters that he dedicated , in 1700 . Works , ix . 103 ; Temple's Works , i . 225 . 5 Craik , p . 515. ' That frequent ...
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... copy - right money was divided between Pope , Arbuthnot , Gay and Swift ; but Swift's portion was sent to the widow of a Dublin bookseller . ' N. & Q . I S. xii . 198. See also post , POPE , 141 n . 3 See Appendix H. 4 ' It has been the ...
... copy - right money was divided between Pope , Arbuthnot , Gay and Swift ; but Swift's portion was sent to the widow of a Dublin bookseller . ' N. & Q . I S. xii . 198. See also post , POPE , 141 n . 3 See Appendix H. 4 ' It has been the ...
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... copy of verses ending : - ' Late dying , may you cast a shred Of your rich mantle o'er my head ; To bear with dignity my sorrow One day alone , then die to - morrow . ' Works , xiv . 469 . 5 Ib . ix . 202. Pope wrote to Swift in 1736 ...
... copy of verses ending : - ' Late dying , may you cast a shred Of your rich mantle o'er my head ; To bear with dignity my sorrow One day alone , then die to - morrow . ' Works , xiv . 469 . 5 Ib . ix . 202. Pope wrote to Swift in 1736 ...
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... copy of his Life of Swift . Supple- ment to Hawkesworth's Swift , vol . i . Intro . pp . xvii , xxxii . ] 3 For three prayers by Swift ' used by him for Mrs. Johnson in her last sickness ' see ib . ix . 289. Sheridan's son gives a ...
... copy of his Life of Swift . Supple- ment to Hawkesworth's Swift , vol . i . Intro . pp . xvii , xxxii . ] 3 For three prayers by Swift ' used by him for Mrs. Johnson in her last sickness ' see ib . ix . 289. Sheridan's son gives a ...
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... copies , and is supposed to have felt no discontent when he saw them printed 3. His favourite maxim was ' vive la baga- According to Sheridan ' he lent £ 500 in sums of five or ten pounds , to be repaid weekly , at two or four shillings ...
... copies , and is supposed to have felt no discontent when he saw them printed 3. His favourite maxim was ' vive la baga- According to Sheridan ' he lent £ 500 in sums of five or ten pounds , to be repaid weekly , at two or four shillings ...
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