The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... should be vacant at Westminster or Canterbury . That this promife might not be forgotten , Swift dedicated to the King the pofthumous works with which he was intrufted : but neither the dedication , nor tendernefs for the man whom he ...
... should be vacant at Westminster or Canterbury . That this promife might not be forgotten , Swift dedicated to the King the pofthumous works with which he was intrufted : but neither the dedication , nor tendernefs for the man whom he ...
Pàgina 12
... should employ it ; forced to gratify to a certain degree the Tories who fupported him , but unwilling to make his re- concilement to the Whigs utterly defperate , he cor- refponded at once with the two expectants of the * Mr. Sheridan ...
... should employ it ; forced to gratify to a certain degree the Tories who fupported him , but unwilling to make his re- concilement to the Whigs utterly defperate , he cor- refponded at once with the two expectants of the * Mr. Sheridan ...
Pàgina 32
... should be given to the accomptant : but he required that the day of promised payment should be exactly kept . A fevere and punctilious temper is ill qualified for tranfactions with the poor ; the day was often broken , and the loan was ...
... should be given to the accomptant : but he required that the day of promised payment should be exactly kept . A fevere and punctilious temper is ill qualified for tranfactions with the poor ; the day was often broken , and the loan was ...
Pàgina 40
... should be feen at church ; he read prayers to his fervants every morning with fuch dex- terous fecrecy , that Dr. Delany was fix months in his houfe before he knew it . He was not only care- ful to hide the good which he did , but ...
... should be feen at church ; he read prayers to his fervants every morning with fuch dex- terous fecrecy , that Dr. Delany was fix months in his houfe before he knew it . He was not only care- ful to hide the good which he did , but ...
Pàgina 53
... should not have expected to find an imitator ; But thou , O Mufe ! whofe fweet nepenthean tongue Can charm the pangs of death with deathlefs fong , Canft ftinging plagues with eafy thoughts beguile , Make pains and tortures objects of a ...
... should not have expected to find an imitator ; But thou , O Mufe ! whofe fweet nepenthean tongue Can charm the pangs of death with deathlefs fong , Canft ftinging plagues with eafy thoughts beguile , Make pains and tortures objects of a ...
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