Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... 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 distinguishes the writer . For had an hundred such pens as these been employed on ...
... 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 distinguishes the writer . For had an hundred such pens as these been employed on ...
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... nature of language , and without any accurate enquiry into the history of other tongues . The certainty and stability which , contrary to all experience , he thinks attainable , he proposes to secure by instituting an academy ; the ...
... nature of language , and without any accurate enquiry into the history of other tongues . The certainty and stability which , contrary to all experience , he thinks attainable , he proposes to secure by instituting an academy ; the ...
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... nature , became yet more slow by irresolution , and was content to hear that to ' On Feb. 18 , 1710-11 , Swift wrote ... natural , which he applauded in SWIFT 17.
... nature , became yet more slow by irresolution , and was content to hear that to ' On Feb. 18 , 1710-11 , Swift wrote ... natural , which he applauded in SWIFT 17.
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... nature , and very commu- nicative ; but in his last ten years was absolutely party - mad , and fancied he saw Popery under every bush . ' Ib . xii . 179. For Burnet see ante , MILTON , IOI ; post , POPE , 141 . 56 ' June 30 , 1711. I am ...
... nature , and very commu- nicative ; but in his last ten years was absolutely party - mad , and fancied he saw Popery under every bush . ' Ib . xii . 179. For Burnet see ante , MILTON , IOI ; post , POPE , 141 . 56 ' June 30 , 1711. I am ...
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... nature , wherever their safety , health and for- tune are not injured . ' It may be worth while mentioning that the 1820 edition of Johnson's Works ( xi . 23 ) reads ' which IS much despised . ' ] 2 ' Cadenus , who could ne'er suspect ...
... nature , wherever their safety , health and for- tune are not injured . ' It may be worth while mentioning that the 1820 edition of Johnson's Works ( xi . 23 ) reads ' which IS much despised . ' ] 2 ' Cadenus , who could ne'er suspect ...
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