Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... told his friends that , whatever money he saved by this manner of travelling , he threw it away , as soon as he went to London , upon a fine waistcoat , or some ad- ditional gaiety upon a suit of clothes . ' Deane Swift , p . 101 . 6 ...
... told his friends that , whatever money he saved by this manner of travelling , he threw it away , as soon as he went to London , upon a fine waistcoat , or some ad- ditional gaiety upon a suit of clothes . ' Deane Swift , p . 101 . 6 ...
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... , with Berkeley's knowledge , told Swift that he could still have the Deanery if he would lay down £ 1,000 . To which he made no other answer but this : - " God confound dismissed with the livings of Laracor and Rathbeggin in the 8 SWIFT.
... , with Berkeley's knowledge , told Swift that he could still have the Deanery if he would lay down £ 1,000 . To which he made no other answer but this : - " God confound dismissed with the livings of Laracor and Rathbeggin in the 8 SWIFT.
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... told by the Bishop that he was ' a young man , ' and , still persisting to doubt , that he was ' a very positive young man 3 . Three years afterward ( 1704 ) was published The Tale of a Tub : of this book charity may be persuaded to ...
... told by the Bishop that he was ' a young man , ' and , still persisting to doubt , that he was ' a very positive young man 3 . Three years afterward ( 1704 ) was published The Tale of a Tub : of this book charity may be persuaded to ...
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... land in the hands of a lay- man ' ) . Ib . xv . 437 . 5 ' I got myself represented as one extremely ill - used by the last ministry after some obligations , because I re- never been told ; what he had suffered was , 14 SWIFT.
... land in the hands of a lay- man ' ) . Ib . xv . 437 . 5 ' I got myself represented as one extremely ill - used by the last ministry after some obligations , because I re- never been told ; what he had suffered was , 14 SWIFT.
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... told me that their great difficulty lay in the want of some good pen to keep up the spirit raised in the people . ' Works , iii . 185 . Orrery , p . 44. Swift wrote on Nov. 11 , 1710 : - ' Mr . St. John told me that Mr. Harley ...
... told me that their great difficulty lay in the want of some good pen to keep up the spirit raised in the people . ' Works , iii . 185 . Orrery , p . 44. Swift wrote on Nov. 11 , 1710 : - ' Mr . St. John told me that Mr. Harley ...
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