The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... never be a poet ; " and that this denunciation was the motive of Swift's perpetual malevolence to Dry- den . In 1699 Temple died , and left a legacy with his manufcripts to Swift , for whom he had obtained , from King William , a ...
... never be a poet ; " and that this denunciation was the motive of Swift's perpetual malevolence to Dry- den . In 1699 Temple died , and left a legacy with his manufcripts to Swift , for whom he had obtained , from King William , a ...
Pàgina 7
... never refided in the fame house , nor did he fee either without a witness . They lived at the Parfonage , when Swift was away ; and , when he returned , removed to a lodging , or to the houfe of a neighbouring clergyman . Swift was not ...
... never refided in the fame house , nor did he fee either without a witness . They lived at the Parfonage , when Swift was away ; and , when he returned , removed to a lodging , or to the houfe of a neighbouring clergyman . Swift was not ...
Pàgina 8
... never owned by himself , nor very well proved by any evidence ; but no other claimant can be produced , and he did not deny it when Archbishop Sharpe and the Duchefs of Somerset , by fhewing it to the Queen , debarred him from a ...
... never owned by himself , nor very well proved by any evidence ; but no other claimant can be produced , and he did not deny it when Archbishop Sharpe and the Duchefs of Somerset , by fhewing it to the Queen , debarred him from a ...
Pàgina 9
... never be able to " fhine , or diftinguish themselves , upon any other " fubject ? We are daily complaining of the great " decline of wit among us , and would take away " the greatest , perhaps the only , topick we have " left . Who ...
... never be able to " fhine , or diftinguish themselves , upon any other " fubject ? We are daily complaining of the great " decline of wit among us , and would take away " the greatest , perhaps the only , topick we have " left . Who ...
Pàgina 10
... never completed , but well planned to excite amazement . Soon after began the bufy and important part of Swift's life . He was employed ( 1710 ) by the pri- mate mate of Ireland to folicit the Queen for a remiffion SWIFT .
... never completed , but well planned to excite amazement . Soon after began the bufy and important part of Swift's life . He was employed ( 1710 ) by the pri- mate mate of Ireland to folicit the Queen for a remiffion SWIFT .
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