Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 |
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... character ' with the following entry : This day , being Sunday , January 28 , 1727-8 , about eight o'clock at night , a servant brought me a note with an account of the death of the truest , most virtuous , and valuable friend that I ...
... character ' with the following entry : This day , being Sunday , January 28 , 1727-8 , about eight o'clock at night , a servant brought me a note with an account of the death of the truest , most virtuous , and valuable friend that I ...
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... character ; what then was likely to be said of him who employs the catchpoll under the appearance of charity ? The clamour against him was loud and the resentment of the populace outrageous ; he was there- fore forced to drop his scheme ...
... character ; what then was likely to be said of him who employs the catchpoll under the appearance of charity ? The clamour against him was loud and the resentment of the populace outrageous ; he was there- fore forced to drop his scheme ...
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... character 3 . The person of Swift had not many recommendations . He 122 had a kind of muddy complexion , which , though he washed himself with oriental scrupulosity , did not look clear * . He had a countenance sour and severe 5 , which ...
... character 3 . The person of Swift had not many recommendations . He 122 had a kind of muddy complexion , which , though he washed himself with oriental scrupulosity , did not look clear * . He had a countenance sour and severe 5 , which ...
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... character prior to this [ decline of life ] was a mixture of a regular , exact , and well - judged economy and frugality , with a very distinguished generosity . ' Delany , p . 4 . In 1721 Bolingbroke wrote to him : -'I am sorry to hear ...
... character prior to this [ decline of life ] was a mixture of a regular , exact , and well - judged economy and frugality , with a very distinguished generosity . ' Delany , p . 4 . In 1721 Bolingbroke wrote to him : -'I am sorry to hear ...
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... character , is to discover by what depravity of intellect he took delight in revolving ideas from which almost every other mind shrinks with disgust . The ideas of pleasure , even when criminal , may solicit the imagination ; but what ...
... character , is to discover by what depravity of intellect he took delight in revolving ideas from which almost every other mind shrinks with disgust . The ideas of pleasure , even when criminal , may solicit the imagination ; but what ...
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