Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... soon as he went to London , upon a fine waistcoat , or some ad- ditional gaiety upon a suit of clothes . ' Deane Swift , p . 101 . • Works , xv . 246 . 7 Charles II gave Temple ' the reversion of the Master of the Rolls ' place in ...
... soon as he went to London , upon a fine waistcoat , or some ad- ditional gaiety upon a suit of clothes . ' Deane Swift , p . 101 . • Works , xv . 246 . 7 Charles II gave Temple ' the reversion of the Master of the Rolls ' place in ...
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... soon found his solicitations hopeless 5 . He was then invited by the Earl of Berkeley to accompany him into Ireland as his private secretary ; but after having done the business till their arrival at Dublin , he then found that one Bush ...
... soon found his solicitations hopeless 5 . He was then invited by the Earl of Berkeley to accompany him into Ireland as his private secretary ; but after having done the business till their arrival at Dublin , he then found that one Bush ...
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... Soon after his settlement at Laracor he invited to Ireland the 24 unfortunate Stella , a young woman whose name was Johnson , the daughter of the steward of Sir William Temple , who , in consideration of her father's virtues , left her ...
... Soon after his settlement at Laracor he invited to Ireland the 24 unfortunate Stella , a young woman whose name was Johnson , the daughter of the steward of Sir William Temple , who , in consideration of her father's virtues , left her ...
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... Soon after began the busy and important part of Swift's life . He was employed ( 1710 ) by the primate of Ireland 3 to solicit the Queen for a remission of the First Fruits and Twentieth parts to the Irish Clergy . With this purpose he ...
... Soon after began the busy and important part of Swift's life . He was employed ( 1710 ) by the primate of Ireland 3 to solicit the Queen for a remission of the First Fruits and Twentieth parts to the Irish Clergy . With this purpose he ...
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... soon admitted him to familiarity , whether ever to confidence some have made a doubt 3 ; but it would have been difficult to excite his zeal without persuading him that he was trusted , and not very easy to delude him by false ...
... soon admitted him to familiarity , whether ever to confidence some have made a doubt 3 ; but it would have been difficult to excite his zeal without persuading him that he was trusted , and not very easy to delude him by false ...
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