Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 pages |
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Page 18
... . But Wit can ftand its ground against Truth only a little while . The honours due to learning have been justly distributed by the decifion of pofterity . The The Battle of the Books is fo like the Combat 18 S WIF T.
... . But Wit can ftand its ground against Truth only a little while . The honours due to learning have been justly distributed by the decifion of pofterity . The The Battle of the Books is fo like the Combat 18 S WIF T.
Page 60
... honoured by the populace as the cham- pion , patron , and instructer of Ireland ; and gained fuch power as , confidered both in its extent and duration , scarcely any man has ever enjoyed without greater wealth or higher station . He ...
... honoured by the populace as the cham- pion , patron , and instructer of Ireland ; and gained fuch power as , confidered both in its extent and duration , scarcely any man has ever enjoyed without greater wealth or higher station . He ...
Page 69
... the highest degree loved and honoured . What were her claims to this excen- trick tenderness , by which the laws of Nature were violated to retain her , cu- E 3 riofity riofity will enquire ; but how fhall it be gratified SWIFT . 69.
... the highest degree loved and honoured . What were her claims to this excen- trick tenderness , by which the laws of Nature were violated to retain her , cu- E 3 riofity riofity will enquire ; but how fhall it be gratified SWIFT . 69.
Page 88
... honour of the Clergy : of the Diffenters he did not wish to in- fringe the toleration , but he opposed their encroachments . Of his duty as Dean he was very ob- fervant . He managed the revenues of his church with exact economy ; and it ...
... honour of the Clergy : of the Diffenters he did not wish to in- fringe the toleration , but he opposed their encroachments . Of his duty as Dean he was very ob- fervant . He managed the revenues of his church with exact economy ; and it ...
Page 91
... honour , has juftly con-- demned this part of his character . The perfon of Swift had not many . recommendations . He had a kind of muddy complexion , which , though he washed himself with oriental fcrupulo- fity , did not look clear ...
... honour , has juftly con-- demned this part of his character . The perfon of Swift had not many . recommendations . He had a kind of muddy complexion , which , though he washed himself with oriental fcrupulo- fity , did not look clear ...
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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