Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... original seat of the family was in Yorkshire . Craik's Swift , p . 3. ] For a Table of Swift's Residences in England see Appendix B. T. Sheridan said of this sen- tence : — ' In plain English it would run thus : - " It is of very little ...
... original seat of the family was in Yorkshire . Craik's Swift , p . 3. ] For a Table of Swift's Residences in England see Appendix B. T. Sheridan said of this sen- tence : — ' In plain English it would run thus : - " It is of very little ...
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... original of diseases is commonly obscure . Almost every boy eats as much fruit as he can get , without any great inconvenience . The disease of Swift was giddiness with deafness , which attacked him from time to time , began very early ...
... original of diseases is commonly obscure . Almost every boy eats as much fruit as he can get , without any great inconvenience . The disease of Swift was giddiness with deafness , which attacked him from time to time , began very early ...
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... original copy of the third part of Temple's Memoirs . Ib . p . 75 n . 3 lb. p . 515 . It was the first two volumes of Letters that he dedicated , in 1700 . Works , ix . 103 ; Temple's Works , i . 225 . 5 Craik , p . 515. That frequent ...
... original copy of the third part of Temple's Memoirs . Ib . p . 75 n . 3 lb. p . 515 . It was the first two volumes of Letters that he dedicated , in 1700 . Works , ix . 103 ; Temple's Works , i . 225 . 5 Craik , p . 515. That frequent ...
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... original plan of action are supposed to have been formed , and was one of the sixteen Ministers , or agents of the Ministry , who met weekly at each other's houses , and were united by the name of Brother * . Being not immediately ...
... original plan of action are supposed to have been formed , and was one of the sixteen Ministers , or agents of the Ministry , who met weekly at each other's houses , and were united by the name of Brother * . Being not immediately ...
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... humble station . ' The original draft in Swift's handwriting ran- His grateful friend and master . ' Delany , p . 194. ] 4 Swift wrote to Chetwode : - ' Did In his œconomy he practised a peculiar and offensive parsi- 56 SWIFT.
... humble station . ' The original draft in Swift's handwriting ran- His grateful friend and master . ' Delany , p . 194. ] 4 Swift wrote to Chetwode : - ' Did In his œconomy he practised a peculiar and offensive parsi- 56 SWIFT.
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