Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 pages |
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... by his friends , till , about the year 1720 , he , by a pamphlet , recommended to the Irish the ufe , and confequently . the improvement , of their manufacture . For For a man to use the productions of his own 50 SWIFT .
... by his friends , till , about the year 1720 , he , by a pamphlet , recommended to the Irish the ufe , and confequently . the improvement , of their manufacture . For For a man to use the productions of his own 50 SWIFT .
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Samuel Johnson. For a man to use the productions of his own labour is furely a natural right , and to like beft what he makes himfelf is a natural paffion . But to excite this paffion , and enforce this right , appeared fo criminal to ...
Samuel Johnson. For a man to use the productions of his own labour is furely a natural right , and to like beft what he makes himfelf is a natural paffion . But to excite this paffion , and enforce this right , appeared fo criminal to ...
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... use , are of little value . The at- : tention naturally retires from a new tale of Venus , Diana , and Minerva . His Fables feem to have been a fa- vourite work ; for having published one volume , he left another behind him . Of this ...
... use , are of little value . The at- : tention naturally retires from a new tale of Venus , Diana , and Minerva . His Fables feem to have been a fa- vourite work ; for having published one volume , he left another behind him . Of this ...
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... use of his acquifitions , whatever they might be ; for decline of health , and love of study , determined him to the church . He therefore entered into orders ; and , it feems , married about the fame time a lady of the name of Enfor ...
... use of his acquifitions , whatever they might be ; for decline of health , and love of study , determined him to the church . He therefore entered into orders ; and , it feems , married about the fame time a lady of the name of Enfor ...
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