Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... Preface , p . 27. [ The patent bears date April 7 , 1664. He received the actual appointment on Nov. 23 , 1677 , exercising it by deputy until 1689 , when he was removed . Liber Hiber- niae , vol . i , The Establishments of Ireland , pt ...
... Preface , p . 27. [ The patent bears date April 7 , 1664. He received the actual appointment on Nov. 23 , 1677 , exercising it by deputy until 1689 , when he was removed . Liber Hiber- niae , vol . i , The Establishments of Ireland , pt ...
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... Preface , p . 26. To Stella he wrote on April 3 , 1711 : ' I warned Mr. Secretary [ St. John ] never to appear cold to me , for I would not be treated like a schoolboy ; that I had felt too much of that in my life already ( mean- ing ...
... Preface , p . 26. To Stella he wrote on April 3 , 1711 : ' I warned Mr. Secretary [ St. John ] never to appear cold to me , for I would not be treated like a schoolboy ; that I had felt too much of that in my life already ( mean- ing ...
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... Preface to vol . iv Steele 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 ...
... Preface to vol . iv Steele 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 ...
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... Preface , p . 94. In A Wicked Treasonable Libel - ' the bitterest epigram , ' writes Scott , ' which his own or any other pen ever traced ' - Swift attacked her , the King , and the Prince of Wales . Works , i . 338 , xii . 453. See ...
... Preface , p . 94. In A Wicked Treasonable Libel - ' the bitterest epigram , ' writes Scott , ' which his own or any other pen ever traced ' - Swift attacked her , the King , and the Prince of Wales . Works , i . 338 , xii . 453. See ...
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... Preface 2 . 85 This important year sent likewise into the world Gulliver's Travels3 , a production so new and strange that it filled the reader with a mingled emotion of merriment and amazement . It was received with such avidity that ...
... Preface 2 . 85 This important year sent likewise into the world Gulliver's Travels3 , a production so new and strange that it filled the reader with a mingled emotion of merriment and amazement . It was received with such avidity that ...
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