Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 pages |
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... probably flow because she was afraid , and Harley was flow because he was doubtful ; he was a Tory only by necef- fity , or for convenience ; and when he had power in his hands , had no fettled purpose for which he fhould employ it ...
... probably flow because she was afraid , and Harley was flow because he was doubtful ; he was a Tory only by necef- fity , or for convenience ; and when he had power in his hands , had no fettled purpose for which he fhould employ it ...
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... procure employment for one , and to retain it for another . In affifting those who addreffed him , he reprefents him- felf as fufficiently diligent ; and defires C 2 tq ए to have others believe , what he probably believed SWIFT . 35.
... procure employment for one , and to retain it for another . In affifting those who addreffed him , he reprefents him- felf as fufficiently diligent ; and defires C 2 tq ए to have others believe , what he probably believed SWIFT . 35.
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Samuel Johnson. ए to have others believe , what he probably believed himself , that by his interpofi- tion many Whigs of merit , and among them Addifon and Congreve , were con- tinued in their places . But every man of known influence ...
Samuel Johnson. ए to have others believe , what he probably believed himself , that by his interpofi- tion many Whigs of merit , and among them Addifon and Congreve , were con- tinued in their places . But every man of known influence ...
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... probably fincere . He that is much flattered , foon learns to flatter himfelf : we are com- monly taught our duty by fear or shame , and how can they act upon the man who hears nothing but his own praises ? As his years increased , his ...
... probably fincere . He that is much flattered , foon learns to flatter himfelf : we are com- monly taught our duty by fear or shame , and how can they act upon the man who hears nothing but his own praises ? As his years increased , his ...
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... companions with very high afcendency , and probably would bear none over whom he could not predominate . To give him advice was , in the ftile of his friend Delany , to venture to speak to him . friend 98 SWIFT . 67 ...
... companions with very high afcendency , and probably would bear none over whom he could not predominate . To give him advice was , in the ftile of his friend Delany , to venture to speak to him . friend 98 SWIFT . 67 ...
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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