Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... Swift's account of ' the old gentleman's being plundered two and fifty times by the barbarity of Cromwell's hellish crew ' see Works , xix . 195 . 7 Orrery's Remarks , p . 7. ' As to 3 The question may , without much regret , be.
... Swift's account of ' the old gentleman's being plundered two and fifty times by the barbarity of Cromwell's hellish crew ' see Works , xix . 195 . 7 Orrery's Remarks , p . 7. ' As to 3 The question may , without much regret , be.
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... Remarks , p . 50. Jortin said of Swift : - ' Writing Latin , either prose or verse , was not his talent , any more than making sermons . As to the knowledge which he is said to part of life in idleness , are tempted to throw 2 SWIFT.
... Remarks , p . 50. Jortin said of Swift : - ' Writing Latin , either prose or verse , was not his talent , any more than making sermons . As to the knowledge which he is said to part of life in idleness , are tempted to throw 2 SWIFT.
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... Remarks , p . 15 . Sir John Temple was Master of the Rolls both before the Rebellion and after the Restoration . Temple's Works , ed . 1757 , Preface , p . 8. Post , SWIFT , 16 n . 7 . so much pleased that he detained him two years in B ...
... Remarks , p . 15 . Sir John Temple was Master of the Rolls both before the Rebellion and after the Restoration . Temple's Works , ed . 1757 , Preface , p . 8. Post , SWIFT , 16 n . 7 . so much pleased that he detained him two years in B ...
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... the words signified a degree conferred in reward of extraordinary diligence or learning . ' Remarks , p . 12 . He entered Hart Hall . Craik , P. 515. This Hall had been also 14 While he lived with Temple he used to pay SWIFT 5.
... the words signified a degree conferred in reward of extraordinary diligence or learning . ' Remarks , p . 12 . He entered Hart Hall . Craik , P. 515. This Hall had been also 14 While he lived with Temple he used to pay SWIFT 5.
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... have written The Conduct of the Allies . Boswell's Johnson , ii . 65 . ... 1 Some Remarks on the Barrier Treaty between Her Majesty and the States - General , & c . 50 Treaty ' , which carries on the design of C 2 SWIFT 19.
... have written The Conduct of the Allies . Boswell's Johnson , ii . 65 . ... 1 Some Remarks on the Barrier Treaty between Her Majesty and the States - General , & c . 50 Treaty ' , which carries on the design of C 2 SWIFT 19.
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