Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 pages |
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... that ( 1694 ) he went away in discontent . Temple , confcious of having given reafon for complaint , is faid to have made him Deputy Mafter of the Rolls in Ire- land ; land ; which , according to his kinf- man's account 10 S WIF T.
... that ( 1694 ) he went away in discontent . Temple , confcious of having given reafon for complaint , is faid to have made him Deputy Mafter of the Rolls in Ire- land ; land ; which , according to his kinf- man's account 10 S WIF T.
Page 36
... given to one af- fords all the reft a reason for complaint . When I give away a place , faid Lewis XIV . I make an kundred discontented , and oné ungrateful . Much has been faid of the equality ' and independence which he preferved in ...
... given to one af- fords all the reft a reason for complaint . When I give away a place , faid Lewis XIV . I make an kundred discontented , and oné ungrateful . Much has been faid of the equality ' and independence which he preferved in ...
Page 38
... given away ; and the friends of if there be no inherent dif- Power may , qualification , reasonably expect them . Swift accepted ( 1713 ) the deanery of St. St. Patrick , the best preferment that his friends could 38 SWIFT .
... given away ; and the friends of if there be no inherent dif- Power may , qualification , reasonably expect them . Swift accepted ( 1713 ) the deanery of St. St. Patrick , the best preferment that his friends could 38 SWIFT .
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... unenvied ob- fcurity . The accounts of his reception in Ire- land , given by Lord Orrery and Dr. De- lany , are fo different , that the credit of the the writers , both undoubtedly veracious , cannot be saved 44 S WI FT .
... unenvied ob- fcurity . The accounts of his reception in Ire- land , given by Lord Orrery and Dr. De- lany , are fo different , that the credit of the the writers , both undoubtedly veracious , cannot be saved 44 S WI FT .
Page 75
... given to the ac comptant ; but he required that the day of promised payment fhould be exactly kept . A fevere and punctilious temper is ill qualified for tranfactions with the poor ; the day was often broken , and the loan was not ...
... given to the ac comptant ; but he required that the day of promised payment fhould be exactly kept . A fevere and punctilious temper is ill qualified for tranfactions with the poor ; the day was often broken , and the loan was not ...
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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