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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Samuel Johnson. Temple received with fufficient kind- nefs the nephew of his father's friend , with whom he was , when they conversed together , fo much pleafed , that he de- tained him two years in his house . Here he became known to ...
Samuel Johnson. Temple received with fufficient kind- nefs the nephew of his father's friend , with whom he was , when they conversed together , fo much pleafed , that he de- tained him two years in his house . Here he became known to ...
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... friend of Steele ; who , in the Tatler , which began in 1710 , confeffes the ad- vantages of his converfation , and men- tions fomething contributed by him to his paper . But he was now immerging . into political controverfy ; for the ...
... friend of Steele ; who , in the Tatler , which began in 1710 , confeffes the ad- vantages of his converfation , and men- tions fomething contributed by him to his paper . But he was now immerging . into political controverfy ; for the ...
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... friends , who , as they thought , had made England the arbi- trefs of nations , were confounded be- tween fhame and rage , when they found that mines had been exhausted , and millions destroyed , to fecure the Dutch or aggrandife the ...
... friends , who , as they thought , had made England the arbi- trefs of nations , were confounded be- tween fhame and rage , when they found that mines had been exhausted , and millions destroyed , to fecure the Dutch or aggrandife the ...
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