Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... hand , which I received from his cousin , Mrs. Whiteway , I have lodged in the University Library of Dublin . ' Deane Swift's Essay upon the Life , & c . , of Dr. Swift , App . p . 2 . His father , he wrote , ' had some employments and ...
... hand , which I received from his cousin , Mrs. Whiteway , I have lodged in the University Library of Dublin . ' Deane Swift's Essay upon the Life , & c . , of Dr. Swift , App . p . 2 . His father , he wrote , ' had some employments and ...
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... hand to provide them with materials ? What other subject , through all art or nature , could have pro- duced Tindal ' for a profound author , or furnished him with readers ? It is the wise choice of the subject that alone adorns and ...
... hand to provide them with materials ? What other subject , through all art or nature , could have pro- duced Tindal ' for a profound author , or furnished him with readers ? It is the wise choice of the subject that alone adorns and ...
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... hands had no settled purpose for which he should employ it ; forced to gratify to a certain degree the Tories who supported him , but unwilling to make his reconcilement to the Whigs utterly desperate , he corresponded at once with the ...
... hands had no settled purpose for which he should employ it ; forced to gratify to a certain degree the Tories who supported him , but unwilling to make his reconcilement to the Whigs utterly desperate , he corresponded at once with the ...
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... hand that produced them . This year ( 1712 ) he published his Reflections ' on the Barrier 49 Coxe's Mem . iii . 40 , and Priv . Corres . of the Duch . of Marlb . i . 172-9 . ] Works , iii . 172 , iv . 255. See also ib . iii . 310 . 2 ...
... hand that produced them . This year ( 1712 ) he published his Reflections ' on the Barrier 49 Coxe's Mem . iii . 40 , and Priv . Corres . of the Duch . of Marlb . i . 172-9 . ] Works , iii . 172 , iv . 255. See also ib . iii . 310 . 2 ...
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... hands of Lord Orrery and Dr. King " . A book under that title was published , with Swift's ' ' The common people were taught to look upon him as a Jacobite ; and they threw stones and dirt at him as he passed through the streets . ' Or ...
... hands of Lord Orrery and Dr. King " . A book under that title was published , with Swift's ' ' The common people were taught to look upon him as a Jacobite ; and they threw stones and dirt at him as he passed through the streets . ' Or ...
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