The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... perfon . " 66 The Dean of St. Patrick's lived in a private man- ner , known and regarded only by his friends ; till , about the year 1720 , he , by a pamphlet , recom- mended to the Irish the use , and confequently the improvement , of ...
... perfon . " 66 The Dean of St. Patrick's lived in a private man- ner , known and regarded only by his friends ; till , about the year 1720 , he , by a pamphlet , recom- mended to the Irish the use , and confequently the improvement , of ...
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... perfon and for- tune . He now loft diftinction . His madness was compounded of rage and fatuity . The laft face that he knew was that of Mrs. Whiteway ; and her he ceafed to know in a little time . His meat was brought him cut into ...
... perfon and for- tune . He now loft diftinction . His madness was compounded of rage and fatuity . The laft face that he knew was that of Mrs. Whiteway ; and her he ceafed to know in a little time . His meat was brought him cut into ...
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... perfon of Swift had not many recommenda- tions . He had a kind of muddy complexion , which , though he washed himself with oriental fcrupulofity , did not look clear . He had a countenance four and fevere , which he seldom foftened by ...
... perfon of Swift had not many recommenda- tions . He had a kind of muddy complexion , which , though he washed himself with oriental fcrupulofity , did not look clear . He had a countenance four and fevere , which he seldom foftened by ...
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... perfon , instead of his writings , by one who was wholly a ftranger to him , at a time " when all the world knew he was perfecuted by " fortune ; and not only faw that this was attempted " in a clandeftine manner , with the utmost ...
... perfon , instead of his writings , by one who was wholly a ftranger to him , at a time " when all the world knew he was perfecuted by " fortune ; and not only faw that this was attempted " in a clandeftine manner , with the utmost ...
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... perfon is depreciated ; but he feems to have known fomething of Pope's character , in whom may be difcovered an appetite to talk too frequently of his own virtues . The pamphlet is fuch as rage might be expected to dictate . He fuppofes ...
... perfon is depreciated ; but he feems to have known fomething of Pope's character , in whom may be difcovered an appetite to talk too frequently of his own virtues . The pamphlet is fuch as rage might be expected to dictate . He fuppofes ...
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