Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... lived at Leicester , about the future course of his life , and by her direction solicited the advice and patronage of Sir William Temple , who had married one of Mrs. Swift's relations , and whose father , Sir John Temple , Master of ...
... lived at Leicester , about the future course of his life , and by her direction solicited the advice and patronage of Sir William Temple , who had married one of Mrs. Swift's relations , and whose father , Sir John Temple , Master of ...
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... 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.
... 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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Samuel Johnson George Birkbeck Norman Hill. 14 While he lived with Temple he used to pay his mother at 15 Leicester an yearly visit . He travelled on foot , unless some violence of weather drove him into a waggon , and at night he would ...
Samuel Johnson George Birkbeck Norman Hill. 14 While he lived with Temple he used to pay his mother at 15 Leicester an yearly visit . He travelled on foot , unless some violence of weather drove him into a waggon , and at night he would ...
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... lived on together with mutual satisfaction * ; and , in the four years that passed between his return and Temple's death , it is probable that he wrote The Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books " . Swift began early to think , or to ...
... lived on together with mutual satisfaction * ; and , in the four years that passed between his return and Temple's death , it is probable that he wrote The Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books " . Swift began early to think , or to ...
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... lived at the Parsonage when Swift was away ; and when he returned removed to a lodging or to the house of a neighbouring clergyman ' . Swift was not one of those minds which amaze the world with 25 early pregnancy ; his first work ...
... lived at the Parsonage when Swift was away ; and when he returned removed to a lodging or to the house of a neighbouring clergyman ' . Swift was not one of those minds which amaze the world with 25 early pregnancy ; his first work ...
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