Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... expression , upon the word of a King , I have always despised and detested , for a thousand reasons . ' SWIFT , Works , xii . 158 . • Craik , p . 516 ; Works , 1803 , i . 108. Berkeley , in 1699 , was made one of the three Lords ...
... expression , upon the word of a King , I have always despised and detested , for a thousand reasons . ' SWIFT , Works , xii . 158 . • Craik , p . 516 ; Works , 1803 , i . 108. Berkeley , in 1699 , was made one of the three Lords ...
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... expression from him . ' Works , 1803 , ii . 83 . 3 Delany , in A Letter to Deane Swift , 1755 , p . 16 , says , ' Swift was so long used to the sweet incense of 102 telle ' ' ; he thought trifles a necessary SWIFT 45.
... expression from him . ' Works , 1803 , ii . 83 . 3 Delany , in A Letter to Deane Swift , 1755 , p . 16 , says , ' Swift was so long used to the sweet incense of 102 telle ' ' ; he thought trifles a necessary SWIFT 45.
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... expression . His Tale of a Tub has little resem- blance to his other pieces . It exhibits a vehemence and rapidity of mind , a copiousness of images , and vivacity of diction such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted . It ...
... expression . His Tale of a Tub has little resem- blance to his other pieces . It exhibits a vehemence and rapidity of mind , a copiousness of images , and vivacity of diction such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted . It ...
Page 52
... florid ; for they avoid nothing more than multiplying unnecessary words , or using various expressions . ' Ib . xi . 167 . Under Temple . Ante , SWIFT , 8 . but he deserted them when they deserted their principles , 52 SWIFT.
... florid ; for they avoid nothing more than multiplying unnecessary words , or using various expressions . ' Ib . xi . 167 . Under Temple . Ante , SWIFT , 8 . but he deserted them when they deserted their principles , 52 SWIFT.
Page 63
... expression ) laughing into the world , ' continues : - ' Such are that great triumvirate Lucian , Cervantes , and Swift . ' Fielding's Works , ed . 1806 , x . 25 . its œconomy , and its income ; his attention to SWIFT 63.
... expression ) laughing into the world , ' continues : - ' Such are that great triumvirate Lucian , Cervantes , and Swift . ' Fielding's Works , ed . 1806 , x . 25 . its œconomy , and its income ; his attention to SWIFT 63.
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