Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 |
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... person 5. Swift was then about forty - seven , at an age when vanity is strongly excited by the amorous attention of a young woman . If it be said that everything that came from England , except their people and their coals . ' Works ...
... person 5. Swift was then about forty - seven , at an age when vanity is strongly excited by the amorous attention of a young woman . If it be said that everything that came from England , except their people and their coals . ' Works ...
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... -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 , or perhaps any other person , was ever blessed with . ' Works , ix . 274 . 40 SWIFT.
... -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 , or perhaps any other person , was ever blessed with . ' Works , ix . 274 . 40 SWIFT.
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... persons on earth , make your choice . ' He added : - ' I did not conceive you were then rich enough to make yourself and her happy and easy . But the objection of your fortune being removed , I de- clare I have no other . ' Works , xv ...
... persons on earth , make your choice . ' He added : - ' I did not conceive you were then rich enough to make yourself and her happy and easy . But the objection of your fortune being removed , I de- clare I have no other . ' Works , xv ...
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... person of unsound mind , and not capable of taking care of his person or fortune , since May 20 last past . ' See ante , SWIFT , 11 . 3 See post , YOUNG , 31 , for Young's anecdote of the tree withered at its top . ' From Marlb'rough's ...
... person of unsound mind , and not capable of taking care of his person or fortune , since May 20 last past . ' See ante , SWIFT , 11 . 3 See post , YOUNG , 31 , for Young's anecdote of the tree withered at its top . ' From Marlb'rough's ...
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... 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 he seldom ...
... 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 he seldom ...
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