The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 7
... whole fortune was twenty - feven pounds a year for her life . With 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 ...
... whole fortune was twenty - feven pounds a year for her life . With 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 ...
Pàgina 12
... whole of a public character , is laid open to enquiry , the accufer having the choice of facts , must be very unskilful if he does not prevail ; but , with regard to wit , I am afraid none of Swift's papers will be found equal to those ...
... whole of a public character , is laid open to enquiry , the accufer having the choice of facts , must be very unskilful if he does not prevail ; but , with regard to wit , I am afraid none of Swift's papers will be found equal to those ...
Pàgina 19
... whole fyftem of Tory Politicks ; and nothing remained but to with- draw from the implacability of triumphant Whig- gism , and shelter himself in unenvied obfcurity . The accounts of his reception in Ireland , given by Lord Orrery and Dr ...
... whole fyftem of Tory Politicks ; and nothing remained but to with- draw from the implacability of triumphant Whig- gism , and shelter himself in unenvied obfcurity . The accounts of his reception in Ireland , given by Lord Orrery and Dr ...
Pàgina 33
... that there 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.
... that there 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 46
... whole for- , " tune ( to say nothing of his wife's ) conveyed to " the fame Chriftian purposes at his death ; charities , " from which he could enjoy no honour , advantage , or fatisfaction of any kind in this world : when you confider ...
... whole for- , " tune ( to say nothing of his wife's ) conveyed to " the fame Chriftian purposes at his death ; charities , " from which he could enjoy no honour , advantage , or fatisfaction of any kind in this world : when you confider ...
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