Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... lived at the Parsonage when Swift was away ; and when he returned removed to a lodging or to the house of a neighbouring clergyman " . Swift was not one of those minds which amaze the world with 25 early pregnancy ; his first work ...
... lived at the Parsonage when Swift was away ; and when he returned removed to a lodging or to the house of a neighbouring clergyman " . Swift was not one of those minds which amaze the world with 25 early pregnancy ; his first work ...
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... lived in lodgings not far from the deanery . On his publick days she regulated the table , but appeared at it as a mere guest , like other ladies 3 . On other days he often dined , at a stated price , with Mr. 68 Worral , a clergyman of ...
... lived in lodgings not far from the deanery . On his publick days she regulated the table , but appeared at it as a mere guest , like other ladies 3 . On other days he often dined , at a stated price , with Mr. 68 Worral , a clergyman of ...
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... lived in different houses , as before 5 : nor did she ever lodge in the deanery but when Swift was seized with a fit of giddiness ' . ' It would be difficult , ' says Lord Orrery , ' to prove that they were ever afterwards together ...
... lived in different houses , as before 5 : nor did she ever lodge in the deanery but when Swift was seized with a fit of giddiness ' . ' It would be difficult , ' says Lord Orrery , ' to prove that they were ever afterwards together ...
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... lived sullenly on , in hope that in time he would own and receive her ; but the time did not come till the change of his manners and depravation of his mind made her tell him , when he offered to acknowledge her , 1 Delany , p . 62 . 2 ...
... lived sullenly on , in hope that in time he would own and receive her ; but the time did not come till the change of his manners and depravation of his mind made her tell him , when he offered to acknowledge her , 1 Delany , p . 62 . 2 ...
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... lived by his pen . In 1732 he wrote : - " The taste of England is infamously corrupted by shoals of wretches who write for their bread . ' Works , xvii . 398 . He only twice was paid for his writings . Ante , SWIFT , 85 n . He wrote of ...
... lived by his pen . In 1732 he wrote : - " The taste of England is infamously corrupted by shoals of wretches who write for their bread . ' Works , xvii . 398 . He only twice was paid for his writings . Ante , SWIFT , 85 n . He wrote of ...
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