The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 9
... Afgill for " a wit , or Toland for a philofopher , if the inex- " hauftible stock of Christianity had not been at " hand to provide them with materials ? What " other " other fubject , through all art or nature , SWIFT . 9.
... Afgill for " a wit , or Toland for a philofopher , if the inex- " hauftible stock of Christianity had not been at " hand to provide them with materials ? What " other " other fubject , through all art or nature , SWIFT . 9.
Pàgina 10
... nature , could " have produced Tindal for a profound author , or " furnished him with readers ? It is the wife choice " of the fubject that alone adorns and diftinguishes " the writer . For had an hundred fuch pens as these been ...
... nature , could " have produced Tindal for a profound author , or " furnished him with readers ? It is the wife choice " of the fubject that alone adorns and diftinguishes " the writer . For had an hundred fuch pens as these been ...
Pàgina 13
... nature , be- came yet more flow by irrefolution ; and was content to hear that dilatorinefs lamented as natural , which he applauded in himself as politick . Without the Tories , however , nothing could be done ; and , as they were not ...
... nature , be- came yet more flow by irrefolution ; and was content to hear that dilatorinefs lamented as natural , which he applauded in himself as politick . Without the Tories , however , nothing could be done ; and , as they were not ...
Pàgina 22
... natural paffion . But to excite this paffion , and en- force this right , appeared fo criminal to thofe who had an intereft in the English trade , that the printer was imprisoned ; and , as Hawkesworth justly observes , the attention of ...
... natural paffion . But to excite this paffion , and en- force this right , appeared fo criminal to thofe who had an intereft in the English trade , that the printer was imprisoned ; and , as Hawkesworth justly observes , the attention of ...
Pàgina 30
... nature were violated to retain her , curiofity will enquire ; but how fhall it be gratified ? Swift was a lover ; his testimony may be fufpected . Delany and the Irifh faw with Swift's eyes , and therefore add little confirmation . That ...
... nature were violated to retain her , curiofity will enquire ; but how fhall it be gratified ? Swift was a lover ; his testimony may be fufpected . Delany and the Irifh faw with Swift's eyes , and therefore add little confirmation . That ...
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