The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 8
... Truth only a little while . The honours due to Learning have been justly diftributed by the decifion of pofterity . " The Battle of the Books " is fo like the " Com- " bat des Livres , " which the fame queftion concern- ing the Ancients ...
... Truth only a little while . The honours due to Learning have been justly diftributed by the decifion of pofterity . " The Battle of the Books " is fo like the " Com- " bat des Livres , " which the fame queftion concern- ing the Ancients ...
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 33
... was not one fyllable of truth in this whole account from the beginning to the end . See Life of Swift , edit . 1784 , p . 532. R. VOL . III . Ꭰ . con- converfation difficult : they grew likewise more fe vere , SWIFT . 33.
... was not one fyllable of truth in this whole account from the beginning to the end . See Life of Swift , edit . 1784 , p . 532. R. VOL . III . Ꭰ . con- converfation difficult : they grew likewise more fe vere , SWIFT . 33.
Pàgina 37
... truth , had fuch force as authority was unable to refift . He faid truly of himself , that Ireland was his debtor . " It was from the time . when he firft began to patronize the Irish , that they may date their riches and profperity ...
... truth , had fuch force as authority was unable to refift . He faid truly of himself , that Ireland was his debtor . " It was from the time . when he firft began to patronize the Irish , that they may date their riches and profperity ...
Pàgina 38
... best mode ; but against that inattention by which known truths are fuffered to lie neglected , it makes no provifion ; it inftructs , but does not per- fuade . By . By his political education he was affociated with the Whigs 38 SWIFT .
... best mode ; but against that inattention by which known truths are fuffered to lie neglected , it makes no provifion ; it inftructs , but does not per- fuade . By . By his political education he was affociated with the Whigs 38 SWIFT .
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