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Pàgina viii
... Swift ; and Savage , who had rendered services of no very honourable kind to Pope . " Johnson himself tells us that he completed the work some time in March , 1781 , and that he wrote it in his usual way , unwilling to work , and work ...
... Swift ; and Savage , who had rendered services of no very honourable kind to Pope . " Johnson himself tells us that he completed the work some time in March , 1781 , and that he wrote it in his usual way , unwilling to work , and work ...
Pàgina xii
... Swift , 212- Dies at Chester , July , 1718 [ properly Oct. 1718 ] , 213 - Displays no extent of comprehension or fertility of mind , 213 . SAMUEL GARTH , 1670-1719 p . 213 Born in Yorkshire - Educated at Cambridge , 213 - Origin of The ...
... Swift , 212- Dies at Chester , July , 1718 [ properly Oct. 1718 ] , 213 - Displays no extent of comprehension or fertility of mind , 213 . SAMUEL GARTH , 1670-1719 p . 213 Born in Yorkshire - Educated at Cambridge , 213 - Origin of The ...
Pàgina xv
... SWIFT , 1667-1745 " P. 353 Educated at Kilkenny , and Trin . Col. Dub . , 353 - Taken into the family of Sir William Temple , 353 - King William shows him how to cut Aspara . gus in the Dutch way , and offers to make him a Captain of ...
... SWIFT , 1667-1745 " P. 353 Educated at Kilkenny , and Trin . Col. Dub . , 353 - Taken into the family of Sir William Temple , 353 - King William shows him how to cut Aspara . gus in the Dutch way , and offers to make him a Captain of ...
Pàgina xxii
... Swift , and one or two other men of genius , who have had the bad taste to imagine that their talents elevated them above observance of the common rules of society , It must be also remarked , that in Johnson's time , the literary ...
... Swift , and one or two other men of genius , who have had the bad taste to imagine that their talents elevated them above observance of the common rules of society , It must be also remarked , that in Johnson's time , the literary ...
Pàgina 90
... Swift in the ministry of Oxford ; but it has never since been publicly mentioned , though at that time , great expectations were formed by some of its establishment and its effects . Such a society might , perhaps , without much ...
... Swift in the ministry of Oxford ; but it has never since been publicly mentioned , though at that time , great expectations were formed by some of its establishment and its effects . Such a society might , perhaps , without much ...
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