Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... Hist . iii . 118. See also Macaulay's Hist . vi . 383. In Dec. 1694 , a similar bill received the royal assent . Ib . vii . 155 . For the Septennial Act , by which it was repealed in 1716 , see ante , ADDI- SON , 94 . 5 Craik , p . 514 ...
... Hist . iii . 118. See also Macaulay's Hist . vi . 383. In Dec. 1694 , a similar bill received the royal assent . Ib . vii . 155 . For the Septennial Act , by which it was repealed in 1716 , see ante , ADDI- SON , 94 . 5 Craik , p . 514 ...
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... Hist . MSS . Com . vii . App . p . 680. [ Swift's correspondent was his ' little parson cousin ' Thomas Swift , who affected to talk suspiciously as if he had some share in ' The Tale of a Tub . Works , xv . 345. ] 7 In 1689. lb. xiv ...
... Hist . MSS . Com . vii . App . p . 680. [ Swift's correspondent was his ' little parson cousin ' Thomas Swift , who affected to talk suspiciously as if he had some share in ' The Tale of a Tub . Works , xv . 345. ] 7 In 1689. lb. xiv ...
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... Hist . ix . 1050 . Swift wrote on Nov. 25 , 1711 : ' I was early with the Secretary to - day , but he was gone to his devotions , and to receive the sacrament ; several rakes did the same ; it was not for piety , but employments ...
... Hist . ix . 1050 . Swift wrote on Nov. 25 , 1711 : ' I was early with the Secretary to - day , but he was gone to his devotions , and to receive the sacrament ; several rakes did the same ; it was not for piety , but employments ...
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... Hist . vi . 1300 . John Wesley , who was to begin his reformation , not with the Sovereign but the people , was a boy of six when Swift published his Project . 1 Works , viii . 472 . 2 A Famous Prediction of Merlin , the British Wizard ...
... Hist . vi . 1300 . John Wesley , who was to begin his reformation , not with the Sovereign but the people , was a boy of six when Swift published his Project . 1 Works , viii . 472 . 2 A Famous Prediction of Merlin , the British Wizard ...
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... Hist . of Eng . ii . 289. In Article iv of his impeach- ment he is charged with correspond- ing with the Pretender's mother . Parl . Hist . vii . 120. For his cor- respondence with the Pretender in 1716 , see Dict . Nat . Biog . xxiv ...
... Hist . of Eng . ii . 289. In Article iv of his impeach- ment he is charged with correspond- ing with the Pretender's mother . Parl . Hist . vii . 120. For his cor- respondence with the Pretender in 1716 , see Dict . Nat . Biog . xxiv ...
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