The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 8
... fhould hire me to write the Tale of a " Tub ' . " < The digreffions relating to Wotton and Bentley must be confeffed to discover want of knowledge or want of integrity ; he did not understand the two controverfies , or he willingly ...
... fhould hire me to write the Tale of a " Tub ' . " < The digreffions relating to Wotton and Bentley must be confeffed to discover want of knowledge or want of integrity ; he did not understand the two controverfies , or he willingly ...
Pàgina 9
... fhould we be deprived of from thofe , " whofe genius , by continual practice , hath been " wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against " religion , and would therefore never be able to " fhine , or diftinguish themselves , upon ...
... fhould we be deprived of from thofe , " whofe genius , by continual practice , hath been " wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against " religion , and would therefore never be able to " fhine , or diftinguish themselves , upon ...
Pàgina 22
... by the amorous attention of a young woman . If it be faid that Swift fhould have checked a paffion which he never meant to gratify , recourse must be had to that that extenuation which he fo much defpifed , " men 22 SWIFT .
... by the amorous attention of a young woman . If it be faid that Swift fhould have checked a paffion which he never meant to gratify , recourse must be had to that that extenuation which he fo much defpifed , " men 22 SWIFT .
Pàgina 32
... fhould " tell him that I was not the author ; and therefore " I tell you , Mr. Bettesworth , that I am not the au- " thor of these lines . " ' Bettefworth was fo little fatisfied with this account , that he publickly profeffed his ...
... fhould " tell him that I was not the author ; and therefore " I tell you , Mr. Bettesworth , that I am not the au- " thor of these lines . " ' Bettefworth was fo little fatisfied with this account , that he publickly profeffed his ...
Pàgina 35
... fhould be appointed of his perfon and for- tune . He now loft diftinction . His madness was compounded of rage and fatuity . The laft face that he knew was that of Mrs. Whiteway ; and her he ceafed to know in a little time . His meat ...
... fhould be appointed of his perfon and for- tune . He now loft diftinction . His madness was compounded of rage and fatuity . The laft face that he knew was that of Mrs. Whiteway ; and her he ceafed to know in a little time . His meat ...
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