Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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Page 36
... common clothes . The poor fellow begged to know what crime he had committed . " Well , do as I order you . " The story goes on as in the text . The butler's name was Blakely . Works , 1803 , i . 289 . Swift , perhaps , exaggerated the ...
... common clothes . The poor fellow begged to know what crime he had committed . " Well , do as I order you . " The story goes on as in the text . The butler's name was Blakely . Works , 1803 , i . 289 . Swift , perhaps , exaggerated the ...
Page 52
... common words and common things ; he is neither required to mount elevations nor to explore profundities ; his passage is always on a level , along solid ground , without asperities , without obstruction . 114 115 This easy and safe ...
... common words and common things ; he is neither required to mount elevations nor to explore profundities ; his passage is always on a level , along solid ground , without asperities , without obstruction . 114 115 This easy and safe ...
Page 53
... common sense A bacon slice gives God offence ; Or how a herring has a charm Almighty vengeance to disarm ? Wrapp'd up in majesty divine , Does He regard on what we dine ? ' 119 every morning , preached commonly in his turn , SWIFT 53.
... common sense A bacon slice gives God offence ; Or how a herring has a charm Almighty vengeance to disarm ? Wrapp'd up in majesty divine , Does He regard on what we dine ? ' 119 every morning , preached commonly in his turn , SWIFT 53.
Page 60
... common occasions he habitually affects a style of arrogance , and dictates rather than persuades . This authorita- tive and magisterial language he expected to be received as his peculiar mode of jocularity ; but he apparently flattered ...
... common occasions he habitually affects a style of arrogance , and dictates rather than persuades . This authorita- tive and magisterial language he expected to be received as his peculiar mode of jocularity ; but he apparently flattered ...
Page 62
... common inner world warmly and tenderly for one another ? ' Rich- ter's Flower , Fruit and Thorn Pieces , translated by E. H. Noel , 1871 , i . 53 . 2 Ante , SWIFT , 66 n . 3 Bolingbroke , in July , 1732 , in- formed him that the Rector ...
... common inner world warmly and tenderly for one another ? ' Rich- ter's Flower , Fruit and Thorn Pieces , translated by E. H. Noel , 1871 , i . 53 . 2 Ante , SWIFT , 66 n . 3 Bolingbroke , in July , 1732 , in- formed him that the Rector ...
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