Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 pages |
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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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... kind- ness it is not unlikely that he was ad- vanced to his benefices . To this pro-- ject , which is formed with great purity of intention , and difplayed with fprite- linefs and elegance , it can only be ob- jected , that , like many ...
... kind- ness it is not unlikely that he was ad- vanced to his benefices . To this pro-- ject , which is formed with great purity of intention , and difplayed with fprite- linefs and elegance , it can only be ob- jected , that , like many ...
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... 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 ...
... 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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Samuel Johnson. In accounts of this kind a few fingle in- cidents are fet against the general tenour of behaviour . No man , however , can ' pay a more fervile tribute to the Great , than by fuffering his liberty in their prefence to ...
Samuel Johnson. In accounts of this kind a few fingle in- cidents are fet against the general tenour of behaviour . No man , however , can ' pay a more fervile tribute to the Great , than by fuffering his liberty in their prefence to ...
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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