Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... mind has been com- municated more freely to you than any other . ' 16. xvi . 58 . 4 * Ante , PRIOR , 45 . 5 In 1716 Swift wrote that he ' was always a Whig in politics . ' Works , xvi . 267. He always defended the Revolution . In 1724 ...
... mind has been com- municated more freely to you than any other . ' 16. xvi . 58 . 4 * Ante , PRIOR , 45 . 5 In 1716 Swift wrote that he ' was always a Whig in politics . ' Works , xvi . 267. He always defended the Revolution . In 1724 ...
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... mind when he first waked for many years together 1 . He opened his house by a publick table two days a week 2 , 67 and found his entertainments gradually frequented by more and more visitants of learning among the men , and of elegance ...
... mind when he first waked for many years together 1 . He opened his house by a publick table two days a week 2 , 67 and found his entertainments gradually frequented by more and more visitants of learning among the men , and of elegance ...
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... mind incessantly attentive , and , when it was not employed upon great things , busy with minute occurrences . is apparent that he must have had the habit of noting whatever he observed ; for such a number of particulars could never ...
... mind incessantly attentive , and , when it was not employed upon great things , busy with minute occurrences . is apparent that he must have had the habit of noting whatever he observed ; for such a number of particulars could never ...
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... mind , a copiousness of images , and vivacity of diction such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted . It is of a mode so distinct and peculiar that it must be considered by itself ; what is true of that is not true of any ...
... mind , a copiousness of images , and vivacity of diction such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted . It is of a mode so distinct and peculiar that it must be considered by itself ; what is true of that is not true of any ...
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... mind disdains to hold any thing by courtesy , and therefore never usurps what a lawful claimant may take away . He that encroaches on another's dignity puts himself in his power : he is either repelled with helpless indignity , or ...
... mind disdains to hold any thing by courtesy , and therefore never usurps what a lawful claimant may take away . He that encroaches on another's dignity puts himself in his power : he is either repelled with helpless indignity , or ...
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