Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 pages |
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... of the new pam-- phlet that Burnet had written , replete with political knowledge . When he feemed to doubt Burnet's right to the work , he was told by the Bishop , that he he was a young man ; and , ftill perfifting 16 - ...
... of the new pam-- phlet that Burnet had written , replete with political knowledge . When he feemed to doubt Burnet's right to the work , he was told by the Bishop , that he he was a young man ; and , ftill perfifting 16 - ...
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Samuel Johnson. he was a young man ; and , ftill perfifting to doubt , that he was a very pofitive young man . Three years afterward ( 1704 ) , was published The Tale of a Tub : of this book charity may be perfuaded to think that it ...
Samuel Johnson. he was a young man ; and , ftill perfifting to doubt , that he was a very pofitive young man . Three years afterward ( 1704 ) , was published The Tale of a Tub : of this book charity may be perfuaded to think that it ...
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... doubt ; but it would have been difficult to excite his zeal without perfuading him that he was trufted , and not very easy to delude him by false perfuafions . He was certainly admitted to those meetings in which the firft hints and ...
... doubt ; but it would have been difficult to excite his zeal without perfuading him that he was trufted , and not very easy to delude him by false perfuafions . He was certainly admitted to those meetings in which the firft hints and ...
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... a Lady en her Marriage , may be allowed to doubt whether his opinion of female ex- cellence ought implicitly to be admit- ted ; for if his general thoughts on wə- men men were fuch as he exhibits , a very little 70 SWIFT .
... a Lady en her Marriage , may be allowed to doubt whether his opinion of female ex- cellence ought implicitly to be admit- ted ; for if his general thoughts on wə- men men were fuch as he exhibits , a very little 70 SWIFT .
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... doubt , but only with regret . Swift never mentioned her without a figh . The rest of his life was fpent in Ire- land , in a country to which not even power E 4 power almost defpotick , nor flattery al- moft idolatrous , SWIFT . 75.
... doubt , but only with regret . Swift never mentioned her without a figh . The rest of his life was fpent in Ire- land , in a country to which not even power E 4 power almost defpotick , nor flattery al- moft idolatrous , SWIFT . 75.
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