Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... lines 3 . ' Bettesworth was so little satisfied with this account that he publickly professed his resolution of a ... line it is out - pays . ' 2 ' Upon entering the room , ' says T. Sheridan , who had it from his father , Swift desired ...
... lines 3 . ' Bettesworth was so little satisfied with this account that he publickly professed his resolution of a ... line it is out - pays . ' 2 ' Upon entering the room , ' says T. Sheridan , who had it from his father , Swift desired ...
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... lines 3. ' Bettesworth was so little satisfied with this account that he publickly professed his resolution of a ... line it is ' out - pays . ' 2 ' Upon entering the room , ' says T. Sheridan , who had it from his father , Swift desired ...
... lines 3. ' Bettesworth was so little satisfied with this account that he publickly professed his resolution of a ... line it is ' out - pays . ' 2 ' Upon entering the room , ' says T. Sheridan , who had it from his father , Swift desired ...
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... lines in An Argument against Abolishing Chris- tianity he hazards a good many . He writes : - ' There is one darling incli- nation of mankind which usually affects to be a retainer to religion , though she be neither its parent , its ...
... lines in An Argument against Abolishing Chris- tianity he hazards a good many . He writes : - ' There is one darling incli- nation of mankind which usually affects to be a retainer to religion , though she be neither its parent , its ...
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... lines and the like of Swift and his correspondents in hours of languor . ' COLERIDGE , Biog . Lit. i . 59 : ' I am ... line is from Denham's elegy on Cowley : - ' To him no author was unknown , Yet what he wrote was all his own . ' Ante ...
... lines and the like of Swift and his correspondents in hours of languor . ' COLERIDGE , Biog . Lit. i . 59 : ' I am ... line is from Denham's elegy on Cowley : - ' To him no author was unknown , Yet what he wrote was all his own . ' Ante ...
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... Lines on the Death of Dr. Swift he wrote : - ' The Queen , so gracious , mild and good , Cries , " Is he gone ! ' tis time he should . He's dead you say ; then let him rot ; I'm glad the medals were forgot . " ' Ib . xiv . 323 . In his ...
... Lines on the Death of Dr. Swift he wrote : - ' The Queen , so gracious , mild and good , Cries , " Is he gone ! ' tis time he should . He's dead you say ; then let him rot ; I'm glad the medals were forgot . " ' Ib . xiv . 323 . In his ...
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