Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 pages |
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... mention this dif appointment as his first antidote against vanity . Before he left Ireland he contracted a diforder , as he thought , by eating too A 4 much much fruit . The original of difeafes is commonly obfcure S WIF T. 7.
... mention this dif appointment as his first antidote against vanity . Before he left Ireland he contracted a diforder , as he thought , by eating too A 4 much much fruit . The original of difeafes is commonly obfcure S WIF T. 7.
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... mention made of the new pam-- phlet that Burnet had written , replete with political knowledge . When he feemed to doubt Burnet's right to the work , he was told by the Bishop , that he he was a young man ; and , ftill perfifting 16 - ...
... mention made of the new pam-- phlet that Burnet had written , replete with political knowledge . When he feemed to doubt Burnet's right to the work , he was told by the Bishop , that he he was a young man ; and , ftill perfifting 16 - ...
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... mentioned as a man neglected and oppreffed by the last ministry , be- cause he had refused to co - operate with fome of their fchemes . What he had refused , has never been told ; what he had fuffered was , I fuppofe , the exclu- fion ...
... mentioned as a man neglected and oppreffed by the last ministry , be- cause he had refused to co - operate with fome of their fchemes . What he had refused , has never been told ; what he had fuffered was , I fuppofe , the exclu- fion ...
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... mentioned ; a strain of heroism , which would have been in his condition ro- mantick and fuperfluous . Ecclefiaftical benefices , when they become vacant , must be given away ; and the friends of if there be no inherent dif- Power may ...
... mentioned ; a strain of heroism , which would have been in his condition ro- mantick and fuperfluous . Ecclefiaftical benefices , when they become vacant , must be given away ; and the friends of if there be no inherent dif- Power may ...
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... mention of names which he has been used to con- fider as important , goes on in hope of information ; and , as there is nothing to fatigue attention , if he is difap- pointed he can hardly complain . It is eafy to perceive , from every ...
... mention of names which he has been used to con- fider as important , goes on in hope of information ; and , as there is nothing to fatigue attention , if he is difap- pointed he can hardly complain . It is eafy to perceive , from every ...
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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