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On March 22 , 1708-9 , Swift wrote : - ' The vogue of operas holds up wonderfully , though we have had them a year ; but I design to set up a party among the wits to run them down by next winter . ' Works , xv . 323.
On March 22 , 1708-9 , Swift wrote : - ' The vogue of operas holds up wonderfully , though we have had them a year ; but I design to set up a party among the wits to run them down by next winter . ' Works , xv . 323.
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He was recalled ; but was not able to return , being detained by the debts which he had found it necessary to contract , and which were not discharged before March , though his old friend Montague was now at the head of the treasury ...
He was recalled ; but was not able to return , being detained by the debts which he had found it necessary to contract , and which were not discharged before March , though his old friend Montague was now at the head of the treasury ...
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On March 31 Swift wrote to Pope : -- Wholly without art or design . ' ' I heartily wish his Grace had entirely Spence's Anec . p . 214 . stified that comedy . ' Pope's Works 5 He was remarkable for an un( Elwin and Courthope ) , vii .
On March 31 Swift wrote to Pope : -- Wholly without art or design . ' ' I heartily wish his Grace had entirely Spence's Anec . p . 214 . stified that comedy . ' Pope's Works 5 He was remarkable for an un( Elwin and Courthope ) , vii .
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets: Smith-Savage Volume 2 of Lives of the English Poets, George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Octagon Books, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 8 Mar 2008 |
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