Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... persons of true genius or know- ledge have an invincible modesty and suspicion of themselves , upon their first sending their thoughts into the world . ' Ib . v . 150 . 4 Ib . x . 1 ; post , SWIFT , III . 5 Atterbury wrote in 1704 ...
... persons of true genius or know- ledge have an invincible modesty and suspicion of themselves , upon their first sending their thoughts into the world . ' Ib . v . 150 . 4 Ib . x . 1 ; post , SWIFT , III . 5 Atterbury wrote in 1704 ...
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... Person of Quality . ' 4 Ante , SWIFT , 22. In his Dedica- tion he says that she has been ' grafted into a family , which the unmeasurable profusion of ancestors for many gene- rations had too much eclipsed . ' Works , viii . 80 . 5 The ...
... Person of Quality . ' 4 Ante , SWIFT , 22. In his Dedica- tion he says that she has been ' grafted into a family , which the unmeasurable profusion of ancestors for many gene- rations had too much eclipsed . ' Works , viii . 80 . 5 The ...
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... person [ Boling- broke ] , who is charmed with it , and will make some alterations and addi- tions to it , with your ... persons who knew it well , that the reception he met with from all sorts of men was as kind and honourable as he ...
... person [ Boling- broke ] , who is charmed with it , and will make some alterations and addi- tions to it , with your ... persons who knew it well , that the reception he met with from all sorts of men was as kind and honourable as he ...
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... person was detested . ' Deane Swift , p . 29 . Delany , p . 88. Swift wrote on June 28 , 1715 : - ' My amusements are defending my small dominions against the archbishop [ King ] , and endeavouring to reduce my rebellious choir ...
... person was detested . ' Deane Swift , p . 29 . Delany , p . 88. Swift wrote on June 28 , 1715 : - ' My amusements are defending my small dominions against the archbishop [ King ] , and endeavouring to reduce my rebellious choir ...
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... person " . ' 71 The Dean of St. Patrick's lived in a private manner , known and regarded only by his friends , till , about the year 1720 , he , by a pamphlet , recommended to the Irish the use , and conse- quently the improvement , of ...
... person " . ' 71 The Dean of St. Patrick's lived in a private manner , known and regarded only by his friends , till , about the year 1720 , he , by a pamphlet , recommended to the Irish the use , and conse- quently the improvement , of ...
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