Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 pages |
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... gaining the qualifications requifite for future eminence . How often he vifited Eng- land , and with what diligence he at- tended his parishes , I know not . It was not till about four years afterwards B 2 that that he became a ...
... gaining the qualifications requifite for future eminence . How often he vifited Eng- land , and with what diligence he at- tended his parishes , I know not . It was not till about four years afterwards B 2 that that he became a ...
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... chofen .. The attention paid to the papers published under the name of Bickerstaff , induced Steele , when he projected the Tatler , to affume an appellation which : had had already gained poffeffion of the reader's notice . In 22 SWIFT .
... chofen .. The attention paid to the papers published under the name of Bickerstaff , induced Steele , when he projected the Tatler , to affume an appellation which : had had already gained poffeffion of the reader's notice . In 22 SWIFT .
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Samuel Johnson. had already gained poffeffion of the reader's notice . In the year following he wrote a Pro- jet for the Advancement of Religion , ad- dreffed to Lady Berkley ; by whofe kind- ness it is not unlikely that he was ad ...
Samuel Johnson. had already gained poffeffion of the reader's notice . In the year following he wrote a Pro- jet for the Advancement of Religion , ad- dreffed to Lady Berkley ; by whofe kind- ness it is not unlikely that he was ad ...
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... gained fuch power as , confidered both in its extent and duration , scarcely any man has ever enjoyed without greater wealth or higher station . He was from this important year the oracle of the traders , and the idol of the rabble ...
... gained fuch power as , confidered both in its extent and duration , scarcely any man has ever enjoyed without greater wealth or higher station . He was from this important year the oracle of the traders , and the idol of the rabble ...
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... gained he was dili- gent to keep , by appearing forward and zealous on every occafion where the publick intereft was supposed to be in- volved . Nor did he much fcruple to boast his influence ; for when , upon some attempts to regulate ...
... gained he was dili- gent to keep , by appearing forward and zealous on every occafion where the publick intereft was supposed to be in- volved . Nor did he much fcruple to boast his influence ; for when , upon some attempts to regulate ...
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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