Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... wish for a life of ease was always returning 5 . ' On April 23 , 1713 , he wrote that the charges on entering the deanery would be £ 1,000 . ' I will dun * them [ the ministers ] to give a sum of money . ' Works , iii . 152. May 16. I ...
... wish for a life of ease was always returning 5 . ' On April 23 , 1713 , he wrote that the charges on entering the deanery would be £ 1,000 . ' I will dun * them [ the ministers ] to give a sum of money . ' Works , iii . 152. May 16. I ...
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... I am well assured by persons who knew it well , that the reception he met with from all sorts of men was as kind and honourable as he could wish . ' Delany , p . 87 . the populace ' , he is to be understood of 26 SWIFT.
... I am well assured by persons who knew it well , that the reception he met with from all sorts of men was as kind and honourable as he could wish . ' Delany , p . 87 . the populace ' , he is to be understood of 26 SWIFT.
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... wish to be , being driven by a storm , lodged here all night , in the year of our Lord 17- ? 2 Post , POPE , 141. Ford described these Miscellanies to Swift in 1733 as ' that jumble with Pope , & c . , in three volumes , which put me in ...
... wish to be , being driven by a storm , lodged here all night , in the year of our Lord 17- ? 2 Post , POPE , 141. Ford described these Miscellanies to Swift in 1733 as ' that jumble with Pope , & c . , in three volumes , which put me in ...
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... wish it , it shall be owned , " to which Stella answered with a sigh , " It is too late . " The word marriage was not mentioned , but there can remain no doubt that such was the secret to be owned . ' Works , i . 332 . For an account by ...
... wish it , it shall be owned , " to which Stella answered with a sigh , " It is too late . " The word marriage was not mentioned , but there can remain no doubt that such was the secret to be owned . ' Works , i . 332 . For an account by ...
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... wish it soon may have a better . ' Ib . xiv . 336 . ' Let Ireland tell how wit upheld her cause , Her trade supported , and supplied her laws ; And leave on Swift this grateful verse engrav'd , " The rights a Court attack'd , a poet sav ...
... wish it soon may have a better . ' Ib . xiv . 336 . ' Let Ireland tell how wit upheld her cause , Her trade supported , and supplied her laws ; And leave on Swift this grateful verse engrav'd , " The rights a Court attack'd , a poet sav ...
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