Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... edition - 1712 . ' On those for the three following editions it is 1711 . Several editions were issued before the end of the year , and the publisher was compelled to go back on his word . ' Literature , Jan. 1 , 1898 , p . 346 . 2 Oct ...
... edition - 1712 . ' On those for the three following editions it is 1711 . Several editions were issued before the end of the year , and the publisher was compelled to go back on his word . ' Literature , Jan. 1 , 1898 , p . 346 . 2 Oct ...
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... edition the price was re- duced from a shilling to sixpence . Ib . pp . 421 , 433. There were three Dublin editions . Ib . p . 477 . * Ante , MILTON , 135 . Feb. 4 , 1711-12 . The House of Commons have this day made many severe votes ...
... edition the price was re- duced from a shilling to sixpence . Ib . pp . 421 , 433. There were three Dublin editions . Ib . p . 477 . * Ante , MILTON , 135 . Feb. 4 , 1711-12 . The House of Commons have this day made many severe votes ...
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... edition of the book ( 1758 ) an ' Advertisement ' be- ginning : -Thus the long - wished - for History , & c . , is at length brought to light , in spite of all attempts to sup- press it . ' Swift's Works , v . 3 . 2 For Lewis ( not ...
... edition of the book ( 1758 ) an ' Advertisement ' be- ginning : -Thus the long - wished - for History , & c . , is at length brought to light , in spite of all attempts to sup- press it . ' Swift's Works , v . 3 . 2 For Lewis ( not ...
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... edition of the Letters LIVES OF POETS . III D see Letters to Chetwode , p . 151 . 3 Swift calls him ' a mean ordinary man , a hardware dealer ' ; ' this little impudent hardwareman ' ; ' a diminu- tive , insignificant mechanic . ' Works ...
... edition of the Letters LIVES OF POETS . III D see Letters to Chetwode , p . 151 . 3 Swift calls him ' a mean ordinary man , a hardware dealer ' ; ' this little impudent hardwareman ' ; ' a diminu- tive , insignificant mechanic . ' Works ...
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... edition in the British Museum is of that year . It had been previously circulated in MS . Swift wrote to Chetwode on April 19 , 1726 ( Letters , p . 189 ) : - ' Printing cannot make it more common than it is . ' He adds that ' by the ...
... edition in the British Museum is of that year . It had been previously circulated in MS . Swift wrote to Chetwode on April 19 , 1726 ( Letters , p . 189 ) : - ' Printing cannot make it more common than it is . ' He adds that ' by the ...
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