Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 pages |
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... should be vacant at Weft- miniter or Canterbury . That this promife might not be for- gotten , Swift dedicated to the King the pofthumous works with which he was intrufted ; but neither the dedication , nor tenderness for the man whom ...
... should be vacant at Weft- miniter or Canterbury . That this promife might not be for- gotten , Swift dedicated to the King the pofthumous works with which he was intrufted ; but neither the dedication , nor tenderness for the man whom ...
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... should " we be deprived of from thofe , whose genius , by continual practice , hath " been wholly turned upon raillery and " invectives against religion , and would " therefore never be able to fhine , or 66 66 diftinguish themfelves ...
... should " we be deprived of from thofe , whose genius , by continual practice , hath " been wholly turned upon raillery and " invectives against religion , and would " therefore never be able to fhine , or 66 66 diftinguish themfelves ...
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... should be given to the ac comptant ; but he required that the day of promised payment fhould be exactly kept . A fevere and punctilious temper is ill qualified for tranfactions with the poor ; the day was often broken , and the loan was ...
... should be given to the ac comptant ; but he required that the day of promised payment fhould be exactly kept . A fevere and punctilious temper is ill qualified for tranfactions with the poor ; the day was often broken , and the loan was ...
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affiftance afterwards becauſe Beggar's Opera Broome cenfured church confidered converfation criticiſm deanery death defire Delany diction dili Dublin Dunciad eafily Engliſh eſtabliſhed fafe faid fame fatire fays fchools fecond feems feized feldom fent fervant ferved feven fhew fhould fince firft firſt folicitations fome fometimes foon friends friendſhip ftate ftory ftudy fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficiently funk fupped fuppofed fure himſelf honour houfe houſe Iliad increaſed inftruction intereft Ireland JONATHAN SWIFT kindneſs laft laſt leaſt lefs Letters Lord Orrery mafter meaſure moſt muſt neceffary never obferves occafion Orrery paffed paffion Paftoral perfuaded Philips Pitt pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet Pope pounds praiſe prefent princeſs profe publick publiſhed purpoſe Queen raiſe reader reafon refolution Reſtoration rienced ſeems ſome Spence Spenfer Swift Tatler tences Theocritus thofe THOMAS PARNELL thoſe thought tion told tranflation univerfally uſe verfes verſes vifit Whigs whofe write written wrote