Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... publick , * Works , iii . 193 . 2 He had already written , though not published , The Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books . Ante , SWIFT , 17 . ' Goldsmith , ' said Johnson , ' was a plant that flowered late . ' Boswell's Johnson ...
... publick , * Works , iii . 193 . 2 He had already written , though not published , The Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books . Ante , SWIFT , 17 . ' Goldsmith , ' said Johnson , ' was a plant that flowered late . ' Boswell's Johnson ...
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... publick character is laid open to enquiry , the accuser having the choice of facts must be very unskilful if he does not prevail ; but with regard to wit , I am afraid none of Swift's papers will be found equal to those by which Addison ...
... publick character is laid open to enquiry , the accuser having the choice of facts must be very unskilful if he does not prevail ; but with regard to wit , I am afraid none of Swift's papers will be found equal to those by which Addison ...
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... publick robbers . Their eagerness was not gratified by the Queen or by Harley . 42 The Queen was probably slow because she was afraid , and Harley was slow because he was doubtful : he was a Tory only by neces- sity or for convenience ...
... publick robbers . Their eagerness was not gratified by the Queen or by Harley . 42 The Queen was probably slow because she was afraid , and Harley was slow because he was doubtful : he was a Tory only by neces- sity or for convenience ...
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... publick Spirit of the Whigs5 , in answer to The Crisis , a pamphlet for which Steele was expelled from the House of Commons ❝ . Swift was now so far alienated from Steele as to think him no longer entitled to decency , and therefore ...
... publick Spirit of the Whigs5 , in answer to The Crisis , a pamphlet for which Steele was expelled from the House of Commons ❝ . Swift was now so far alienated from Steele as to think him no longer entitled to decency , and therefore ...
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... 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 among the women . Mrs. Johnson had left the country , and lived in lodgings ...
... 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 among the women . Mrs. Johnson had left the country , and lived in lodgings ...
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