Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... Court ; but soon found his solicitations hopeless 5 . He was then invited by the Earl of Berkeley to accompany him into Ireland as his private secretary ; but after having done the business till their arrival at Dublin , he then found ...
... Court ; but soon found his solicitations hopeless 5 . He was then invited by the Earl of Berkeley to accompany him into Ireland as his private secretary ; but after having done the business till their arrival at Dublin , he then found ...
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... Court virtues . ' Works , viii . p . 85. Hypocrisy would , no doubt , be increased , but ' hypocrisy is much more eligible than open infidelity and vice . ' lb. p . 97. He attacks the London magistrates who often enrich themselves by ...
... Court virtues . ' Works , viii . p . 85. Hypocrisy would , no doubt , be increased , but ' hypocrisy is much more eligible than open infidelity and vice . ' lb. p . 97. He attacks the London magistrates who often enrich themselves by ...
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... Court with the respect which dependents know how to pay . He soon began to feel part of the misery of greatness ; he that could say he knew him , considered himself as hav- ing fortune in his power . Commissions , solicitations , remon ...
... Court with the respect which dependents know how to pay . He soon began to feel part of the misery of greatness ; he that could say he knew him , considered himself as hav- ing fortune in his power . Commissions , solicitations , remon ...
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... Court , where I affect to turn from a lord to the meanest of my acquaint- ance . ' Works , ii . 259 , iii . 70. See also ib . ii . 214 , 310 , 367 , xv . 411 , xvii . 310 . ' He never thought an honour done him , Because a duke was ...
... Court , where I affect to turn from a lord to the meanest of my acquaint- ance . ' Works , ii . 259 , iii . 70. See also ib . ii . 214 , 310 , 367 , xv . 411 , xvii . 310 . ' He never thought an honour done him , Because a duke was ...
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... Court in mere despair . ' Works , xiv . 331 . " Parson Gery , of Upper Letcombe , near Wantage - ' a melancholy , thoughtful man , ' Swift described him . ' We dine exactly between twelve and one ; at eight we have some bread and butter ...
... Court in mere despair . ' Works , xiv . 331 . " Parson Gery , of Upper Letcombe , near Wantage - ' a melancholy , thoughtful man , ' Swift described him . ' We dine exactly between twelve and one ; at eight we have some bread and butter ...
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