The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 3Methuen, 1896 |
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... observation and memory of an old companion may be trusted , he drew the first sketch of his Tale of a Tub . When he was about one - and - twenty ( 1688 ) , being by the death of Godwin Swift , his uncle , who had supported him , left ...
... observation and memory of an old companion may be trusted , he drew the first sketch of his Tale of a Tub . When he was about one - and - twenty ( 1688 ) , being by the death of Godwin Swift , his uncle , who had supported him , left ...
Pàgina 9
... desperate , he corresponded at once with the two expectants of the Crown , and kept , as has been observed , the succession undetermined . Not knowing what to do , he did nothing ; and , with the fate of a double SWIFT 9.
... desperate , he corresponded at once with the two expectants of the Crown , and kept , as has been observed , the succession undetermined . Not knowing what to do , he did nothing ; and , with the fate of a double SWIFT 9.
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... observed , for such a number of particulars could never have been assembled by the power of recollection . He grew more violent , and his mental powers declined , till ( 1741 ) it was found necessary that legal guardians should be ...
... observed , for such a number of particulars could never have been assembled by the power of recollection . He grew more violent , and his mental powers declined , till ( 1741 ) it was found necessary that legal guardians should be ...
Pàgina 39
... observed , to show what his father was not , than what he was . It is allowed that he grew rich by trade ; but whether in a shop or on the Exchange was never discovered , till Mr. Tyers told , on the authority of Mrs. Rackett , that he ...
... observed , to show what his father was not , than what he was . It is allowed that he grew rich by trade ; but whether in a shop or on the Exchange was never discovered , till Mr. Tyers told , on the authority of Mrs. Rackett , that he ...
Pàgina 68
... observations on those passages , and then read them to him as altered . I have known him much longer than you have , and will be answerable for the event . " I followed his advice ; waited on Lord Halifax some time after ; said , I ...
... observations on those passages , and then read them to him as altered . I have known him much longer than you have , and will be answerable for the event . " I followed his advice ; waited on Lord Halifax some time after ; said , I ...
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