Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... John Temple , Master of the Rolls in Ireland , had lived in great familiarity of friendship with Godwin Swift , by whom Jonathan had been to that time maintained 5 . Temple received with sufficient kindness the nephew of his 8 father's ...
... John Temple , Master of the Rolls in Ireland , had lived in great familiarity of friendship with Godwin Swift , by whom Jonathan had been to that time maintained 5 . Temple received with sufficient kindness the nephew of his 8 father's ...
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... John ( Boling- broke ) , Johnson's scoundrel , who charged a blunderbuss against re- ligion and morality . ' Boswell's John- son , i . 268. Hume and Gibbon must have taken the test for the offices they held . Swift opposed its abolition ...
... John ( Boling- broke ) , Johnson's scoundrel , who charged a blunderbuss against re- ligion and morality . ' Boswell's John- son , i . 268. Hume and Gibbon must have taken the test for the offices they held . Swift opposed its abolition ...
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... John , ' 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 ...
... John , ' 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 ...
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... John . Misc . i . 169 , ii . 166 . 5 His hours of walking and read- ing never varied . His motions were guided by his watch , which was held in his hand , or placed before him upon his table . ' Orrery , p . 68. For Johnson's love of ...
... John . Misc . i . 169 , ii . 166 . 5 His hours of walking and read- ing never varied . His motions were guided by his watch , which was held in his hand , or placed before him upon his table . ' Orrery , p . 68. For Johnson's love of ...
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... John's : - ' I give no man liberty to swear or talk b - dy , and I found some of them were in constraint , so I left them to themselves . ' Ib . p . 260 . In his Hints towards an Essay on Conversation he speaks of those odious topics of ...
... John's : - ' I give no man liberty to swear or talk b - dy , and I found some of them were in constraint , so I left them to themselves . ' Ib . p . 260 . In his Hints towards an Essay on Conversation he speaks of those odious topics of ...
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