Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 من الصفحات |
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... against which King Wil- liam was ftrongly prejudiced , after having in vain tried to fhew the Earl that the proposal involved nothing dangerous to royal power , he fent Swift for the same purpose to the King . Swift , who pro- bably was ...
... against which King Wil- liam was ftrongly prejudiced , after having in vain tried to fhew the Earl that the proposal involved nothing dangerous to royal power , he fent Swift for the same purpose to the King . Swift , who pro- bably was ...
الصفحة 18
... - fented them . But Wit can ftand its ground against Truth only a little while . The honours due to learning have been justly distributed by the decifion of pofterity . The The Battle of the Books is fo like the Combat 18 S WIF T.
... - fented them . But Wit can ftand its ground against Truth only a little while . The honours due to learning have been justly distributed by the decifion of pofterity . The The Battle of the Books is fo like the Combat 18 S WIF T.
الصفحة 20
... against abolish- ing Christianity ; and the defence of the Sacramental Teft . The Sentiments of a Church - of - England Man is written with great coolness , mo- deration , cafe , and perfpicuity . The Argument against abolishing ...
... against abolish- ing Christianity ; and the defence of the Sacramental Teft . The Sentiments of a Church - of - England Man is written with great coolness , mo- deration , cafe , and perfpicuity . The Argument against abolishing ...
الصفحة 21
... against religion , and would " therefore never be able to fhine , or 66 66 diftinguish themfelves , upon any other " fubject ? We are daily complaining " of the great decline of wit among us , " and would take away the greatest ...
... against religion , and would " therefore never be able to fhine , or 66 66 diftinguish themfelves , upon any other " fubject ? We are daily complaining " of the great decline of wit among us , " and would take away the greatest ...
الصفحة 37
... against the general tenour of behaviour . No man , however , can ' pay a more fervile tribute to the Great , than by fuffering his liberty in their prefence to aggrandize him in his own : efteem . Between different ranks of the ...
... against the general tenour of behaviour . No man , however , can ' pay a more fervile tribute to the Great , than by fuffering his liberty in their prefence to aggrandize him in his own : efteem . Between different ranks of the ...
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affiftance afterwards becauſe Beggar's Opera Broome cenfured church confidered converfation criticiſm deanery death defire Delany diction dili Dublin Dunciad eafily Engliſh eſtabliſhed fafe faid fame fatire fays fchools fecond feems feized feldom fent fervant ferved feven fhew fhould fince firft firſt folicitations fome fometimes foon friends friendſhip ftate ftory ftudy fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficiently funk fupped fuppofed fure himſelf honour houfe houſe Iliad increaſed inftruction intereft Ireland JONATHAN SWIFT kindneſs laft laſt leaſt lefs Letters Lord Orrery mafter meaſure moſt muſt neceffary never obferves occafion Orrery paffed paffion Paftoral perfuaded Philips Pitt pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet Pope pounds praiſe prefent princeſs profe publick publiſhed purpoſe Queen raiſe reader reafon refolution Reſtoration rienced ſeems ſome Spence Spenfer Swift Tatler tences Theocritus thofe THOMAS PARNELL thoſe thought tion told tranflation univerfally uſe verfes verſes vifit Whigs whofe write written wrote