Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... write , Swift is just begun . ' John . Misc . i . 94 . 3 See Appendix A. ' The original MS . , under the Doctor's own ... writes : - ' Sometimes he would declare that he was not born in Ireland at all .... He could never endure to be ...
... write , Swift is just begun . ' John . Misc . i . 94 . 3 See Appendix A. ' The original MS . , under the Doctor's own ... writes : - ' Sometimes he would declare that he was not born in Ireland at all .... He could never endure to be ...
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... writes of him as ' that great man , who besides a legacy left him the care and trust , and advan- tage of publishing his posthumous writings . Craik , p . 515. In 1709 Swift signed a receipt for £ 40 ' for the original copy of the third ...
... writes of him as ' that great man , who besides a legacy left him the care and trust , and advan- tage of publishing his posthumous writings . Craik , p . 515. In 1709 Swift signed a receipt for £ 40 ' for the original copy of the third ...
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... writes Swift , ' very pri- vately to the press . ' Burnet , he adds , ' told me afterwards that he was forced to disown it in a very public manner , for fear of an impeachment wherewith he was threatened . ' Works , iii . 179. According ...
... writes Swift , ' very pri- vately to the press . ' Burnet , he adds , ' told me afterwards that he was forced to disown it in a very public manner , for fear of an impeachment wherewith he was threatened . ' Works , iii . 179. According ...
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... writes : - ' I have in the Dedication of the first volume made my acknow- ledgments to Dr. Swift , whose plea- sant writings , in the name of Bicker- staff , created an inclination in the town towards anything that could appear in the ...
... writes : - ' I have in the Dedication of the first volume made my acknow- ledgments to Dr. Swift , whose plea- sant writings , in the name of Bicker- staff , created an inclination in the town towards anything that could appear in the ...
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... writes Swift , ' affected to say in several companies , " That Guiscard intended the blow against him , " which , if it were true , the consequence must be that Mr. St. John had all the merit , while Mr. Harley remained with nothing but ...
... writes Swift , ' affected to say in several companies , " That Guiscard intended the blow against him , " which , if it were true , the consequence must be that Mr. St. John had all the merit , while Mr. Harley remained with nothing but ...
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