Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 pages |
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... Univerfity to denote want of merit . Of this difgrace it may be cafily fup- pofed that he was much afhamed , and fhame had its proper effect in producing A 2 refor- reformation . He refolved from that time to ftudy eight SWIFT . 3.
... Univerfity to denote want of merit . Of this difgrace it may be cafily fup- pofed that he was much afhamed , and fhame had its proper effect in producing A 2 refor- reformation . He refolved from that time to ftudy eight SWIFT . 3.
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... produced , and he did not deny it when Archbishop Sharpe and the Duchefs of Somerfet , by fhewing it to the Queen , debarred him from a bishop- rick . B When When this wild work firft raised the attention of the SWIFT . 17.
... produced , and he did not deny it when Archbishop Sharpe and the Duchefs of Somerfet , by fhewing it to the Queen , debarred him from a bishop- rick . B When When this wild work firft raised the attention of the SWIFT . 17.
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... produced in France , that the improbability of fuch a coincidence of thoughts without communication is not , in my opinion , balanced by the anony- mous proteftation prefixed , in which all knowledge of the French book is pe- remptorily ...
... produced in France , that the improbability of fuch a coincidence of thoughts without communication is not , in my opinion , balanced by the anony- mous proteftation prefixed , in which all knowledge of the French book is pe- remptorily ...
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... produced The Sen- timents of a Church - of - England Man ; the ridicule of Aftrology , under the name of Bickerstaff ; the Argument against abolish- ing Christianity ; and the defence of the Sacramental Teft . The Sentiments of a Church ...
... produced The Sen- timents of a Church - of - England Man ; the ridicule of Aftrology , under the name of Bickerstaff ; the Argument against abolish- ing Christianity ; and the defence of the Sacramental Teft . The Sentiments of a Church ...
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... produced Tindal for " a profound author , or furnished him " with readers ? It is the wife choice " of the fubject that alone adorns and " diftinguishes the writer . For had ant " hundred fuch pens as thefe been em- ployed on the fide ...
... produced Tindal for " a profound author , or furnished him " with readers ? It is the wife choice " of the fubject that alone adorns and " diftinguishes the writer . For had ant " hundred fuch pens as thefe been em- ployed on the fide ...
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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