The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... he drew the first sketch of his " Tale of a Tub . " When he was about one - and - twenty ( 1688 ) , being by the death of Godwin Swift his uncle , who had 5 sup , fupported him , left without fubfiftence , he went to 2 SWIFT .
... he drew the first sketch of his " Tale of a Tub . " When he was about one - and - twenty ( 1688 ) , being by the death of Godwin Swift his uncle , who had 5 sup , fupported him , left without fubfiftence , he went to 2 SWIFT .
Pàgina 5
... death , it is probable that he wrote the " Tale of a Tub " and the " Battle of the Books . " Swift began early to think , or to hope , that he was a poet , and wrote Pindarick Odes to Temple , to the King , and to the Athenian Society ...
... death , it is probable that he wrote the " Tale of a Tub " and the " Battle of the Books . " Swift began early to think , or to hope , that he was a poet , and wrote Pindarick Odes to Temple , to the King , and to the Athenian Society ...
Pàgina 17
... death , and which he refigned , as he fays himself , " multa gemens , with many a groan . " In the midst of his power and his politicks , he kept a journal of his vifits , his walks , his interviews with Minifters , and quarrels with ...
... death , and which he refigned , as he fays himself , " multa gemens , with many a groan . " In the midst of his power and his politicks , he kept a journal of his vifits , his walks , his interviews with Minifters , and quarrels with ...
Pàgina 19
... death of the Queen broke down at once the whole fyftem of Tory Politicks ; and nothing remained but to with- draw from the implacability of triumphant Whig- gism , and shelter himself in unenvied obfcurity . The accounts of his ...
... death of the Queen broke down at once the whole fyftem of Tory Politicks ; and nothing remained but to with- draw from the implacability of triumphant Whig- gism , and shelter himself in unenvied obfcurity . The accounts of his ...
Pàgina 20
... death , he became a fettled refident . The Archbishop of Dublin gave him at first some difturbance in the exercise of his jurifdiction ; but it was foon discovered , that between prudence and in- tegrity he was feldom in the wrong ; and ...
... death , he became a fettled refident . The Archbishop of Dublin gave him at first some difturbance in the exercise of his jurifdiction ; but it was foon discovered , that between prudence and in- tegrity he was feldom in the wrong ; and ...
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