Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 pages |
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... 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 the livings of * Laracor and Rathbeggin in the diocese of Meath ...
... 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 the livings of * Laracor and Rathbeggin in the diocese of Meath ...
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... expected to do every man's business , to procure employment for one , and to retain it for another . In affifting those who addreffed him , he reprefents him- felf as fufficiently diligent ; and defires C 2 tq ए to have others believe ...
... expected to do every man's business , to procure employment for one , and to retain it for another . In affifting those who addreffed him , he reprefents him- felf as fufficiently diligent ; and defires C 2 tq ए to have others believe ...
Page 99
... expected to be received as his peculiar mode of jocularity ; but he apparently flattered his own arrogance by an as- fumed predomination , in which he was ironical only to the refentful , and to the fubmiffive fufficiently serious . He ...
... expected to be received as his peculiar mode of jocularity ; but he apparently flattered his own arrogance by an as- fumed predomination , in which he was ironical only to the refentful , and to the fubmiffive fufficiently serious . He ...
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... expected to find an imitator ; But thou , O Mufe , whofe fweet nepen- thean tongue Can charm the pangs of death with deathlefs fong ; Canft stinging plagues with easy thoughts beguile , Make pains and tortures objects of a Smile . To ...
... expected to find an imitator ; But thou , O Mufe , whofe fweet nepen- thean tongue Can charm the pangs of death with deathlefs fong ; Canft stinging plagues with easy thoughts beguile , Make pains and tortures objects of a Smile . To ...
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... expected , and is ftill spoken . The propriety of Epilogues in gene- ral , and consequently of this , was quef- tioned by a correfpondent of the Specta- tor , whofe Letter was undoubtedly ad- mitted for the fake of the Anfwer , which ...
... expected , and is ftill spoken . The propriety of Epilogues in gene- ral , and consequently of this , was quef- tioned by a correfpondent of the Specta- tor , whofe Letter was undoubtedly ad- mitted for the fake of the Anfwer , which ...
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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