Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... believe must always con- quer . ' Works , ii . 126 , 141 . [ ' Marlborough really desired and expected peace , but it cannot be said that he fully exerted his influence in favour of practicable terms . ' LESLIE STEPHEN , Dict . Nat ...
... believe must always con- quer . ' Works , ii . 126 , 141 . [ ' Marlborough really desired and expected peace , but it cannot be said that he fully exerted his influence in favour of practicable terms . ' LESLIE STEPHEN , Dict . Nat ...
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... believe , what he probably believed himself , that by his interposi- tion many Whigs of merit , and among them Addison and Con- greve , were continued in their places ' . But every man of known influence has so many petitions which he ...
... believe , what he probably believed himself , that by his interposi- tion many Whigs of merit , and among them Addison and Con- greve , were continued in their places ' . But every man of known influence has so many petitions which he ...
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... believe intends it ; but quando ? ' Ib . p . 156. Scott says that Bolingbroke , ' during his short ministry of three days , ' got for Swift a Treasury order for £ 1,000 signed by the Queen . Ib . i . 193 . 2 He wrote to Pope on Aug. 30 ...
... believe intends it ; but quando ? ' Ib . p . 156. Scott says that Bolingbroke , ' during his short ministry of three days , ' got for Swift a Treasury order for £ 1,000 signed by the Queen . Ib . i . 193 . 2 He wrote to Pope on Aug. 30 ...
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... believe not Swift's . ' Craik , p . 523. See ib . p . 518 , for a convincing argument of its authen- ticity . The characters of Somers , Marlborough , Godolphin , Sunder- land , Wharton , Cowper , Nottingham , and Harley ( Works , v ...
... believe not Swift's . ' Craik , p . 523. See ib . p . 518 , for a convincing argument of its authen- ticity . The characters of Somers , Marlborough , Godolphin , Sunder- land , Wharton , Cowper , Nottingham , and Harley ( Works , v ...
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... believe that they both were greatly shocked and distressed ( though it may be differently ) upon this occasion . The Dean made a tour to the South of Ireland , for about two months , at this time , to dissipate his thoughts , and give ...
... believe that they both were greatly shocked and distressed ( though it may be differently ) upon this occasion . The Dean made a tour to the South of Ireland , for about two months , at this time , to dissipate his thoughts , and give ...
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