The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... expected to say much of a life , concerning which I had long fince communicated my thoughts to a man capable of dignifying his nar- rations with fo much elegance of language and force of fentiment . JONATHAN SWIFT was , according to an ...
... expected to say much of a life , concerning which I had long fince communicated my thoughts to a man capable of dignifying his nar- rations with fo much elegance of language and force of fentiment . JONATHAN SWIFT was , according to an ...
Pàgina 15
... , crowded about him ; he was expected to do every man's bufinefs , to procure employment for one , and to retain it for another . In affifting thofe those who addreffed him , he reprefents himself as fufficiently SWIFT . 15.
... , crowded about him ; he was expected to do every man's bufinefs , to procure employment for one , and to retain it for another . In affifting thofe those who addreffed him , he reprefents himself as fufficiently SWIFT . 15.
Pàgina 53
... 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 smile . To ...
... 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 smile . To ...
Pàgina 64
... expected to dictate . He fuppofes himself to be asked two queftions ; whether the Effay will fucceed , and who or what is the author . Its fuccefs he admits to be fecured by the false opinions then prevalent ; the author he concludes to ...
... expected to dictate . He fuppofes himself to be asked two queftions ; whether the Effay will fucceed , and who or what is the author . Its fuccefs he admits to be fecured by the false opinions then prevalent ; the author he concludes to ...
Pàgina 68
... expected like other guardians that the fhould make at least an equal match ; and fuch he propofed to her , but found it rejected in favour of a young gentleman of inferior condition . Having difcovered the correfpondence between the two ...
... expected like other guardians that the fhould make at least an equal match ; and fuch he propofed to her , but found it rejected in favour of a young gentleman of inferior condition . Having difcovered the correfpondence between the two ...
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