Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 pages |
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... lived at Leicester , about the future course of his life , and by her direction folicited the advice and patronage of Sir William Temple , who had married one of Mrs. Swift's relations , and whofe father Sir John Temple , Mafter of the ...
... lived at Leicester , about the future course of his life , and by her direction folicited the advice and patronage of Sir William Temple , who had married one of Mrs. Swift's relations , and whofe father Sir John Temple , Mafter of the ...
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... lived with Temple , he used to pay his mother at Leicester an yearly vifit . He travelled on foot , unless fome violence of weather drove him into a waggon , and at night he would go to a penny lodging , where he purchased clean clean ...
... lived with Temple , he used to pay his mother at Leicester an yearly vifit . He travelled on foot , unless fome violence of weather drove him into a waggon , and at night he would go to a penny lodging , where he purchased clean clean ...
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... - change for the prebend which he defired him to refign . With this request Swift quickly complied , having perhaps equal- ly repented their feparation , and they lived lived on together with mutual fatisfac- tion ; and , S WIF T. II.
... - change for the prebend which he defired him to refign . With this request Swift quickly complied , having perhaps equal- ly repented their feparation , and they lived lived on together with mutual fatisfac- tion ; and , S WIF T. II.
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... Swift , you will " never be a poet ; " and that this de- nunciation was the motive of Swift's per- petual malevolence to Dryden .. In 1699 Temple died , and left a legacy with In 12 SWIFT . lived on together with mutual fatisfac- ...
... Swift , you will " never be a poet ; " and that this de- nunciation was the motive of Swift's per- petual malevolence to Dryden .. In 1699 Temple died , and left a legacy with In 12 SWIFT . lived on together with mutual fatisfac- ...
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... lived at the Parfonage , when Swift was away ; and when he re- turned , removed to a lodging , or to the houfe of a neighbouring clergyman . Swift was not one of those minds which amaze the world with early preg- nancy his first work ...
... lived at the Parfonage , when Swift was away ; and when he re- turned , removed to a lodging , or to the houfe of a neighbouring clergyman . Swift was not one of those minds which amaze the world with early preg- nancy his first work ...
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