Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 pages |
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Samuel Johnson. clean fheets for fix - pence . This prac tice Lord Orrery imputes to his innate love of groffnefs and vulgarity : fome may ascribe it to his defire of furveying human life through all its varieties ; and others , perhaps ...
Samuel Johnson. clean fheets for fix - pence . This prac tice Lord Orrery imputes to his innate love of groffnefs and vulgarity : fome may ascribe it to his defire of furveying human life through all its varieties ; and others , perhaps ...
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... Lord Capel , he obtained the prebend of Kilroot in Connor , of about a hundred pounds a year . But the infirmities of Temple made a companion like Swift fo neceffary , that he invited him back , with a promise to procure him English ...
... Lord Capel , he obtained the prebend of Kilroot in Connor , of about a hundred pounds a year . But the infirmities of Temple made a companion like Swift fo neceffary , that he invited him back , with a promise to procure him English ...
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... Lord Berkley had the difpofal of the deanery of Derry , and Swift expected to obtain it ; but by the fecretary's influence , fup- posed to have been fecured by a bribe , it was bestowed on fomebody elfe ; and Swift was difiniffed with ...
... Lord Berkley had the difpofal of the deanery of Derry , and Swift expected to obtain it ; but by the fecretary's influence , fup- posed to have been fecured by a bribe , it was bestowed on fomebody elfe ; and Swift was difiniffed with ...
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... Lord Cowper , who refused the feal . Whatever is received , fay the fchools , is received in proportion to the recipient . The power of a political treatise de- pends pends much upon the difpofition of the people ; the 32 SWIFT .
... Lord Cowper , who refused the feal . Whatever is received , fay the fchools , is received in proportion to the recipient . The power of a political treatise de- pends pends much upon the difpofition of the people ; the 32 SWIFT .
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... Lord Oxford ; but he accepted after- wards a draught of a thousand upon the Exchequer , which was intercepted by the Queen's death , and which he re- figned , as he fays himself , multa gemens , with many a groan . and his po- In the ...
... Lord Oxford ; but he accepted after- wards a draught of a thousand upon the Exchequer , which was intercepted by the Queen's death , and which he re- figned , as he fays himself , multa gemens , with many a groan . and his po- In the ...
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