The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... himself is a natural paffion . But to excite this paffion , and en- force this right , appeared fo criminal to thofe who had an intereft in the English trade , that the printer was imprisoned ; and , as Hawkesworth justly observes , the ...
... himself is a natural paffion . But to excite this paffion , and en- force this right , appeared fo criminal to thofe who had an intereft in the English trade , that the printer was imprisoned ; and , as Hawkesworth justly observes , the ...
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... the Juftices , accused him of exafperating the people , * An account somewhat different from this is given by Mr Sheridan in his Life of Swift , p . 211. R. he $ 66 he exculpated himself by faying , " If I 26 SWIFT .
... the Juftices , accused him of exafperating the people , * An account somewhat different from this is given by Mr Sheridan in his Life of Swift , p . 211. R. he $ 66 he exculpated himself by faying , " If I 26 SWIFT .
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. 66 he exculpated himself by faying , " If I had lifted up my finger , they would have torn you to pieces . 66 But the pleasure of popularity was foon interrupted by domeftick ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. 66 he exculpated himself by faying , " If I had lifted up my finger , they would have torn you to pieces . 66 But the pleasure of popularity was foon interrupted by domeftick ...
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... himself at Chefter . He returned to a home of forrow : poor Stella was finking into the grave , and , after a languishing de- cay of about two months , died in her forty - fourth year , on January 28 , 1728. How much he wished her life ...
... himself at Chefter . He returned to a home of forrow : poor Stella was finking into the grave , and , after a languishing de- cay of about two months , died in her forty - fourth year , on January 28 , 1728. How much he wished her life ...
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... himself has collected afford no splendid speci- men . The reader of Swift's " Letter to a Lady on her " Marriage , " may be allowed to doubt whether his opinion of female excellence ought implicitly to be admitted ; for , if his general ...
... himself has collected afford no splendid speci- men . The reader of Swift's " Letter to a Lady on her " Marriage , " may be allowed to doubt whether his opinion of female excellence ought implicitly to be admitted ; for , if his general ...
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