Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 pages |
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... friendship . I cannot therefore be ex- pected to fay much of a life , concerning . which I had long fince communicated › my thoughts to a man capable of dig- nifying his narration with fo much cic- gance of language and force of fenti ...
... friendship . I cannot therefore be ex- pected to fay much of a life , concerning . which I had long fince communicated › my thoughts to a man capable of dig- nifying his narration with fo much cic- gance of language and force of fenti ...
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... Rolls in Ireland , had lived in great familiarity of friendship with Godwin Swift , by whom Jonathan had been to that time main- tained . Temple A 3 Temple received with fufficient kind- nefs the nephew of his SWIFT . 5.
... Rolls in Ireland , had lived in great familiarity of friendship with Godwin Swift , by whom Jonathan had been to that time main- tained . Temple A 3 Temple received with fufficient kind- nefs the nephew of his SWIFT . 5.
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... ' and independence which he preferved in his converfation with the Minifters , of the franknefs of his remonftrances , and the familiarity of his friendship . In accounts of this kind a few fingle in- cidents In 36 SWIFT . ए ...
... ' and independence which he preferved in his converfation with the Minifters , of the franknefs of his remonftrances , and the familiarity of his friendship . In accounts of this kind a few fingle in- cidents In 36 SWIFT . ए ...
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... to appropriate her by a private marriage , to which he had an- nexed the expectation of all the plea- fures of perfect friendship , without the uneafi- uneafinefs of conjugal reftraint . But with this ftate poor 68 SWIFT .
... to appropriate her by a private marriage , to which he had an- nexed the expectation of all the plea- fures of perfect friendship , without the uneafi- uneafinefs of conjugal reftraint . But with this ftate poor 68 SWIFT .
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... friendships ; but when time had enabled reafon to prevail over vexation , the complaints , which at firft were natural , became ri- diculous because they were useless . But querulousness was now grown habitual , and he cried out when he ...
... friendships ; but when time had enabled reafon to prevail over vexation , the complaints , which at firft were natural , became ri- diculous because they were useless . But querulousness was now grown habitual , and he cried out when he ...
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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