Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... told his friends that , whatever money he saved by this manner of travelling , he threw it away , as soon as he went to London , upon a fine waistcoat , or some ad- ditional gaiety upon a suit of clothes . ' Deane Swift , p . 101 ...
... told his friends that , whatever money he saved by this manner of travelling , he threw it away , as soon as he went to London , upon a fine waistcoat , or some ad- ditional gaiety upon a suit of clothes . ' Deane Swift , p . 101 ...
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... told that Dryden , having perused these verses , said , ' Cousin Swift , you will never be a poet 10 ' ; and try know by this time whether I am worth keeping ; and it is easier to provide for ten men in the Church than one in a civil ...
... told that Dryden , having perused these verses , said , ' Cousin Swift , you will never be a poet 10 ' ; and try know by this time whether I am worth keeping ; and it is easier to provide for ten men in the Church than one in a civil ...
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... , with Berkeley's knowledge , told Swift that he could still have the Deanery ' if he would lay down £ 1,000 . To which he made no other answer but this : - " God confound dismissed with the livings of Laracor and Rathbeggin in the 8 SWIFT.
... , with Berkeley's knowledge , told Swift that he could still have the Deanery ' if he would lay down £ 1,000 . To which he made no other answer but this : - " God confound dismissed with the livings of Laracor and Rathbeggin in the 8 SWIFT.
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... told by the Bishop that he was ' a young man , ' and , still persisting to doubt , that he was ' a very positive young man 3 . ' 26 Three years afterward ( 1704 ) was published The Tale of a Tub ' : of this book charity may be persuaded ...
... told by the Bishop that he was ' a young man , ' and , still persisting to doubt , that he was ' a very positive young man 3 . ' 26 Three years afterward ( 1704 ) was published The Tale of a Tub ' : of this book charity may be persuaded ...
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... told me that their great difficulty lay in the want of some good pen to keep up the spirit raised in the people . ' Works , iii . 185 . 3 Orrery , p . 44. Swift wrote on Nov. 11 , 1710 : - Mr. St. John told me that Mr. Harley complained ...
... told me that their great difficulty lay in the want of some good pen to keep up the spirit raised in the people . ' Works , iii . 185 . 3 Orrery , p . 44. Swift wrote on Nov. 11 , 1710 : - Mr. St. John told me that Mr. Harley complained ...
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