The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... laft fent him to the grave , deprived of reafon . Being much oppreffed at Moor - park by this grie- vous malady , he was advised to try his native air , and went to Ireland ; but , finding no benefit , re- turned to Sir William , at ...
... laft fent him to the grave , deprived of reafon . Being much oppreffed at Moor - park by this grie- vous malady , he was advised to try his native air , and went to Ireland ; but , finding no benefit , re- turned to Sir William , at ...
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... laft he loft his power , but kept his enemies . Swift seems to have concurred in opinion with the " October Club ; " but it was not in his power to quicken the tardinefs of Harley , whom he ftimu- lated as much as he could , but with ...
... laft he loft his power , but kept his enemies . Swift seems to have concurred in opinion with the " October Club ; " but it was not in his power to quicken the tardinefs of Harley , whom he ftimu- lated as much as he could , but with ...
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... laft Years of Queen Anne , " which he began in her life - time , and afterwards la- boured with great attention , but never published . It was after his death in the hands of Lord Orrery and Dr. King . A book under that title was ...
... laft Years of Queen Anne , " which he began in her life - time , and afterwards la- boured with great attention , but never published . It was after his death in the hands of Lord Orrery and Dr. King . A book under that title was ...
Pàgina 34
... laft his avarice grew too powerful for his kindness ; he would refufe a bottle of wine , and in Ireland no man vifits where he cannot drink . Having thus excluded converfation , and defifted from study , he had neither business nor ...
... laft his avarice grew too powerful for his kindness ; he would refufe a bottle of wine , and in Ireland no man vifits where he cannot drink . Having thus excluded converfation , and defifted from study , he had neither business nor ...
Pàgina 35
... laft face that he knew was that of Mrs. Whiteway ; and her he ceafed to know in a little time . His meat was brought him cut into mouthfuls ; but he would never touch it while the fervant ftaid , and at last , after it had stood perhaps ...
... laft face that he knew was that of Mrs. Whiteway ; and her he ceafed to know in a little time . His meat was brought him cut into mouthfuls ; but he would never touch it while the fervant ftaid , and at last , after it had stood perhaps ...
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