Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 |
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... one Mr. Robert Wal- pole . ' He adds : - ' The reader must excuse me for being so particular about one who is otherwise altogether obscure . ' Ib . v . 40 , 99. He retained 61 62 But , by the disunion of his great SWIFT 25.
... one Mr. Robert Wal- pole . ' He adds : - ' The reader must excuse me for being so particular about one who is otherwise altogether obscure . ' Ib . v . 40 , 99. He retained 61 62 But , by the disunion of his great SWIFT 25.
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... reader with a mingled emotion of merriment and amazement . It was received with such avidity that the price of the first edition was raised before the second could be made ; it was read by the high and the low , the learned and ...
... reader with a mingled emotion of merriment and amazement . It was received with such avidity that the price of the first edition was raised before the second could be made ; it was read by the high and the low , the learned and ...
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... reader of Swift's Letter to a Lady on her Marriage may be allowed to doubt whether his opinion of female excellence ought implicitly to be admitted ; for if his general thoughts on women were such as he exhibits , a very little sense in ...
... reader of Swift's Letter to a Lady on her Marriage may be allowed to doubt whether his opinion of female excellence ought implicitly to be admitted ; for if his general thoughts on women were such as he exhibits , a very little sense in ...
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... reader always understands him : the peruser of Swift wants little previous knowledge ; it will be sufficient that he is acquainted with common words and common things ; he is neither required to mount elevations nor to explore ...
... reader always understands him : the peruser of Swift wants little previous knowledge ; it will be sufficient that he is acquainted with common words and common things ; he is neither required to mount elevations nor to explore ...
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... readers among the poets see ante , CONGREVE , 7 n . " 3 He could , he said , never rise higher than preaching pamphlets . ' Delany , p . 42. ' His sermon On Doing Good ( Works , viii . 41 ) con- tains perhaps the best motives to ...
... readers among the poets see ante , CONGREVE , 7 n . " 3 He could , he said , never rise higher than preaching pamphlets . ' Delany , p . 42. ' His sermon On Doing Good ( Works , viii . 41 ) con- tains perhaps the best motives to ...
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