The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... muft have excited violent indignation . But he had yet more to fuffer . Lord Berkeley had the difpofal of the deanery of Derry , and Swift ex- pected to obtain it ; but by the secretary's influence , fuppofed to have been fecured by a ...
... muft have excited violent indignation . But he had yet more to fuffer . Lord Berkeley had the difpofal of the deanery of Derry , and Swift ex- pected to obtain it ; but by the secretary's influence , fuppofed to have been fecured by a ...
Pàgina 16
... but he is faucy only because he is fervile . Swift appears to have preferved the kindnefs of the great when they wanted him no longer ; and therefore it muft muft be allowed , that the childifh freedom , to 3 16 SWIFT .
... but he is faucy only because he is fervile . Swift appears to have preferved the kindnefs of the great when they wanted him no longer ; and therefore it muft muft be allowed , that the childifh freedom , to 3 16 SWIFT .
Pàgina 17
... muft be given away ; and the friends of power may , if there be no inherent difqualification , reafonably expect them . Swift accepted ( 1713 ) the deanery of St. Patrick , the best preferment that his friends could venture to give him ...
... muft be given away ; and the friends of power may , if there be no inherent difqualification , reafonably expect them . Swift accepted ( 1713 ) the deanery of St. Patrick , the best preferment that his friends could venture to give him ...
Pàgina 27
... - ten in open defiance of truth and regularity . But when diftinctions came to be made , the part which gave the least pleasure was that which defcribes the Flying Island , and that which gave most disgust muft Flying SWIFT . 27.
... - ten in open defiance of truth and regularity . But when diftinctions came to be made , the part which gave the least pleasure was that which defcribes the Flying Island , and that which gave most disgust muft Flying SWIFT . 27.
Pàgina 28
... muft be the hiftory of the Houyhnhnms . While Swift was enjoying the reputation of his new work , the news of the King's death arrived ; and he kiffed the hands of the new King and Queen three days after their acceffion . By the Queen ...
... muft be the hiftory of the Houyhnhnms . While Swift was enjoying the reputation of his new work , the news of the King's death arrived ; and he kiffed the hands of the new King and Queen three days after their acceffion . By the Queen ...
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