Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 pages |
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... continued his induftry for feven years , with what improvement is fufficiently known . This part of his ftory well de- ferves to be remembered ; it may af ford useful admonition and powerful en- couragement to many men , whofe abi ...
... continued his induftry for feven years , with what improvement is fufficiently known . This part of his ftory well de- ferves to be remembered ; it may af ford useful admonition and powerful en- couragement to many men , whofe abi ...
Page 32
... continued with- out end , if he could have continued his annual plunder . But Swift , I fuppose , did not yet know what he has fince written , that a commiffion was drawn which would have appointed him Gene- ral for life , had it not ...
... continued with- out end , if he could have continued his annual plunder . But Swift , I fuppose , did not yet know what he has fince written , that a commiffion was drawn which would have appointed him Gene- ral for life , had it not ...
Page 72
... continued his at- tention to the publick , and wrote from time to time fuch directions , admoni- tions , or cenfures , as the various exi- gency of affairs , in his opinion , made pro- proper ; and nothing fell from his pen in vain 72 ...
... continued his at- tention to the publick , and wrote from time to time fuch directions , admoni- tions , or cenfures , as the various exi- gency of affairs , in his opinion , made pro- proper ; and nothing fell from his pen in vain 72 ...
Page 81
... continued his old habit , and was on his feet ten hours a - day . Next year ( 1742 ) he had an inflam- mation in his left eye , which swelled it to the size of an egg , with boils in other parts ; he was kept long waking with the pain ...
... continued his old habit , and was on his feet ten hours a - day . Next year ( 1742 ) he had an inflam- mation in his left eye , which swelled it to the size of an egg , with boils in other parts ; he was kept long waking with the pain ...
Page 82
... ; but at last funk into perfect filence , which continued till about the end of October 1744 , when , in his seventy - eighth year , he expired without a ftruggle . WHEN WHEN Swift is confidered as an author , it is 82 SWIFT .
... ; but at last funk into perfect filence , which continued till about the end of October 1744 , when , in his seventy - eighth year , he expired without a ftruggle . WHEN WHEN Swift is confidered as an author , it is 82 SWIFT .
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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