Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... mind has been com- municated more freely to you than any other . ' Ib . xvi . 58 . 4 Ante , PRIOR , 45 . 5 In 1716 Swift wrote that he was always a Whig in politics . ' Works , xvi . 267. He always defended the Revolution . In 1724 he ...
... mind has been com- municated more freely to you than any other . ' Ib . xvi . 58 . 4 Ante , PRIOR , 45 . 5 In 1716 Swift wrote that he was always a Whig in politics . ' Works , xvi . 267. He always defended the Revolution . In 1724 he ...
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... mind when he first waked for many years together 1 . He opened his house by a publick table two days a week 2 , 67 and found his entertainments gradually frequented by more and more visitants of learning among the men , and of elegance ...
... mind when he first waked for many years together 1 . He opened his house by a publick table two days a week 2 , 67 and found his entertainments gradually frequented by more and more visitants of learning among the men , and of elegance ...
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... mind , and , as he represents himself , was undetermined . For his admission of her courtship , and his indulgence of her hopes after his marriage to Stella , no other honest plea can be found , than that he delayed a disagreeable ...
... mind , and , as he represents himself , was undetermined . For his admission of her courtship , and his indulgence of her hopes after his marriage to Stella , no other honest plea can be found , than that he delayed a disagreeable ...
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... mind made her tell him , when he offered to acknowledge her , 1 Delany , p . 62 . 2 An Irish clergyman , Dr. William Tisdall , informed Swift that he was a suitor for her hand . He replied on April 20 , 1704 : - If my fortunes and ...
... mind made her tell him , when he offered to acknowledge her , 1 Delany , p . 62 . 2 An Irish clergyman , Dr. William Tisdall , informed Swift that he was a suitor for her hand . He replied on April 20 , 1704 : - If my fortunes and ...
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... mind , ' he continues : - ' And yet I love la bagatelle better than ever ; for finding it troublesome to read at night , and the company here growing tasteless , I am always writing bad prose or worse verses , either of rage or raillery ...
... mind , ' he continues : - ' And yet I love la bagatelle better than ever ; for finding it troublesome to read at night , and the company here growing tasteless , I am always writing bad prose or worse verses , either of rage or raillery ...
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