The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 6
... these verfes , faid , " Coufin Swift , you will " 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 ...
... these verfes , faid , " Coufin Swift , you will " 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 ...
Pàgina 7
... these Ladies he paffed his hours of relaxation , and to them he opened his bofom ; but they 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 ...
... these Ladies he paffed his hours of relaxation , and to them he opened his bofom ; but they 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 ...
Pàgina 10
... these been employed on the fide of religion , they " would have immediately funk into filence and " oblivion . " The reasonableness of a Teft is not hard to be proved ; but perhaps it must be allowed that the proper teft has not been ...
... these been employed on the fide of religion , they " would have immediately funk into filence and " oblivion . " The reasonableness of a Teft is not hard to be proved ; but perhaps it must be allowed that the proper teft has not been ...
Pàgina 32
... these lines . " ' Bettefworth was fo little fatisfied with this account , that he publickly profeffed his refolution of a violent and corporal revenge ; but the inhabitants of St. Patrick's diftrict embodied themselves in the Dean's ...
... these lines . " ' Bettefworth was fo little fatisfied with this account , that he publickly profeffed his refolution of a violent and corporal revenge ; but the inhabitants of St. Patrick's diftrict embodied themselves in the Dean's ...
Pàgina 34
... for Servants " was printed foon after his death . These two performances fhew a mind inceffantly attentive , and , when it was not employed upon great things , 5 things , bufy with minute occurrences . It is It 34 SWIFT .
... for Servants " was printed foon after his death . These two performances fhew a mind inceffantly attentive , and , when it was not employed upon great things , 5 things , bufy with minute occurrences . It is It 34 SWIFT .
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