Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 |
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... tion . He resolved from that time to study eight hours a - day , and continued his industry for seven years , with what improve- ment is sufficiently known . This part of his story well deserves to be remembered ; it may afford useful ...
... tion . He resolved from that time to study eight hours a - day , and continued his industry for seven years , with what improve- ment is sufficiently known . This part of his story well deserves to be remembered ; it may afford useful ...
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... tion ) in the account of Swift in Cibber's Lives [ ante , HAMMOND , 1 ] , previous to the appearance of the Essay ? ' Dr. Warton had the same story from his father , who had it from Fenton . Essay on Pope , ii . 312. For Johnson's ...
... tion ) in the account of Swift in Cibber's Lives [ ante , HAMMOND , 1 ] , previous to the appearance of the Essay ? ' Dr. Warton had the same story from his father , who had it from Fenton . Essay on Pope , ii . 312. For Johnson's ...
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... tion , ' Not all that you and I have in the world , nor all that ever we shall have , should hire me to write The Tale of a Tub3 ? The digressions relating to Wotton and Bentley must be con- 28 fessed to discover want of knowledge or ...
... tion , ' Not all that you and I have in the world , nor all that ever we shall have , should hire me to write The Tale of a Tub3 ? The digressions relating to Wotton and Bentley must be con- 28 fessed to discover want of knowledge or ...
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... tion he says that she has been ' grafted into a family , which the unmeasurable profusion of ancestors for many gene- rations had too much eclipsed . ' Works , viii . 80 . 5 The great Reformer was to be the Queen . She should begin with ...
... tion he says that she has been ' grafted into a family , which the unmeasurable profusion of ancestors for many gene- rations had too much eclipsed . ' Works , viii . 80 . 5 The great Reformer was to be the Queen . She should begin with ...
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... tion many Whigs of merit , and among them Addison and Con- greve , were continued in their places 1 . But every man of known influence has so many petitions which he cannot grant , that he must necessarily offend more than he gratifies ...
... tion many Whigs of merit , and among them Addison and Con- greve , were continued in their places 1 . But every man of known influence has so many petitions which he cannot grant , that he must necessarily offend more than he gratifies ...
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