The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 3Methuen, 1896 |
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Pàgina 12
... appears to have preserved the kindness of the great when they wanted him no longer ; and therefore it must be allowed that the childish freedom , to which he seems enough inclined , was overpowered by his better qualities . His ...
... appears to have preserved the kindness of the great when they wanted him no longer ; and therefore it must be allowed that the childish freedom , to which he seems enough inclined , was overpowered by his better qualities . His ...
Pàgina 29
... appear that he only liked one mode of expense better than another , and saved merely that he might have something to give . He did not grow rich by injuring his successors , but left both Laracor and the deanery more valuable than he ...
... appear that he only liked one mode of expense better than another , and saved merely that he might have something to give . He did not grow rich by injuring his successors , but left both Laracor and the deanery more valuable than he ...
Pàgina 31
... appears so frequently in his letters , an affectation of familiarity with the great , an ambition of momentary equality sought and enjoyed by the neglect of those ceremonies which custom has established as the barriers between one order ...
... appears so frequently in his letters , an affectation of familiarity with the great , an ambition of momentary equality sought and enjoyed by the neglect of those ceremonies which custom has established as the barriers between one order ...
Pàgina 33
... ( to rate it no higher ) in giving occasion to the building of fifty new churches in London : -All this considered , the character of his life will appear like VOL . III . с that of his writings : they will both bear to SWIFT 33.
... ( to rate it no higher ) in giving occasion to the building of fifty new churches in London : -All this considered , the character of his life will appear like VOL . III . с that of his writings : they will both bear to SWIFT 33.
Pàgina 42
... appear to have ever made much use in his subsequent studies . He then returned to Binfield , and delighted himself with his own poetry . He tried all styles , and many subjects . He wrote a comedy , a tragedy , an epic poem , with ...
... appear to have ever made much use in his subsequent studies . He then returned to Binfield , and delighted himself with his own poetry . He tried all styles , and many subjects . He wrote a comedy , a tragedy , an epic poem , with ...
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