Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... sense , is defined by Johnson as ' arti- ficial practice . ' ) Lewis ( ante , GAY , 13 ) wrote to Swift on Aug. 6 , 1713 of Harley : - ' His mind has been com- municated more freely to you than any other . ' Ib . xvi . 58 . 4 Ante ...
... sense , is defined by Johnson as ' arti- ficial practice . ' ) Lewis ( ante , GAY , 13 ) wrote to Swift on Aug. 6 , 1713 of Harley : - ' His mind has been com- municated more freely to you than any other . ' Ib . xvi . 58 . 4 Ante ...
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... sense has been poured this fort- night . ' lb. p . 133 . 2 On Aug. 29 , 1727 , he wrote of her from Pope's house : - ' I expect the most fatal news that can ever come to me , unless I should be put to death for some ignominious crime ...
... sense has been poured this fort- night . ' lb. p . 133 . 2 On Aug. 29 , 1727 , he wrote of her from Pope's house : - ' I expect the most fatal news that can ever come to me , unless I should be put to death for some ignominious crime ...
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... sense in a lady would enrapture and a very little virtue would astonish him . ' Johnson's authority is Delany ( p . 56 ) , who says that the offer was made some years before her death . ' It was then , she said , " too late " ; and ...
... sense in a lady would enrapture and a very little virtue would astonish him . ' Johnson's authority is Delany ( p . 56 ) , who says that the offer was made some years before her death . ' It was then , she said , " too late " ; and ...
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... sense , useful knowledge and true religion than you can shew me in the works of nineteen in twenty of the profound divines and philosophers of the age . ' Works , xvi . 378 . ' If , after all , we must with Wilmot own The cordial drop ...
... sense , useful knowledge and true religion than you can shew me in the works of nineteen in twenty of the profound divines and philosophers of the age . ' Works , xvi . 378 . ' If , after all , we must with Wilmot own The cordial drop ...
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... sense of the term . On March 5 , 1711-12 , he wrote to Stella : - ' I wish you a merry Lent . I hate Lent ; I hate different diets , ... and sour devout faces of people who only put on re- ligion for seven weeks . ' Works , ii . 496. On ...
... sense of the term . On March 5 , 1711-12 , he wrote to Stella : - ' I wish you a merry Lent . I hate Lent ; I hate different diets , ... and sour devout faces of people who only put on re- ligion for seven weeks . ' Works , ii . 496. On ...
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