Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... died , and left a legacy with his manuscripts to Swift2 , for whom he had obtained from King William a pro- mise of the first prebend that should be vacant at Westminster or Canterbury 3 . 20 That this promise might not be forgotten ...
... died , and left a legacy with his manuscripts to Swift2 , for whom he had obtained from King William a pro- mise of the first prebend that should be vacant at Westminster or Canterbury 3 . 20 That this promise might not be forgotten ...
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... died twelve years before Swift published his Proposal . See also John . Misc . i . 436 . 46 ' Nay , it were no difficult con- trivance , if the public had any regard to it , to make the English tongue immutable , unless hereafter some ...
... died twelve years before Swift published his Proposal . See also John . Misc . i . 436 . 46 ' Nay , it were no difficult con- trivance , if the public had any regard to it , to make the English tongue immutable , unless hereafter some ...
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... died Mrs. Van Homrigh3 , a woman made unhappy 72 by her admiration of wit , and ignominiously distinguished by the name of Vanessa , whose conduct has been already sufficiently discussed , and whose history is too well known to be ...
... died Mrs. Van Homrigh3 , a woman made unhappy 72 by her admiration of wit , and ignominiously distinguished by the name of Vanessa , whose conduct has been already sufficiently discussed , and whose history is too well known to be ...
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... died of disappointment ; having ordered by her will the poem to be published , in which Cadenus had pro- claimed her excellence , and confessed his love3 . The effect of the publication upon the Dean and Stella is thus related by Delany ...
... died of disappointment ; having ordered by her will the poem to be published , in which Cadenus had pro- claimed her excellence , and confessed his love3 . The effect of the publication upon the Dean and Stella is thus related by Delany ...
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... died on the road to Hanover on June 11 , 1727. Swift ' was just ready to go to France when the news arrived . ' Works , xvii . 111 . Bolingbroke begged him not ' to think of such an unmeaning journey , when the opportunity for quitting ...
... died on the road to Hanover on June 11 , 1727. Swift ' was just ready to go to France when the news arrived . ' Works , xvii . 111 . Bolingbroke begged him not ' to think of such an unmeaning journey , when the opportunity for quitting ...
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