Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 من الصفحات |
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... must have excited vio- lent indignation . But he had yet more to fuffer . Lord Berkley had the difpofal of the deanery of Derry , and Swift expected to obtain it ; but by the fecretary's influence , fup- posed to have been fecured by a ...
... must have excited vio- lent indignation . But he had yet more to fuffer . Lord Berkley had the difpofal of the deanery of Derry , and Swift expected to obtain it ; but by the fecretary's influence , fup- posed to have been fecured by a ...
الصفحة 18
... must be confeffed to difco- ver want of knowledge , or want of in- tegrity ; he did not understand the two controverfies , or he willingly mifrepre- fented them . But Wit can ftand its ground against Truth only a little while . The ...
... must be confeffed to difco- ver want of knowledge , or want of in- tegrity ; he did not understand the two controverfies , or he willingly mifrepre- fented them . But Wit can ftand its ground against Truth only a little while . The ...
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... must be allowed that the proper teft has not been chofen .. The attention paid to the papers published under the name of Bickerstaff , induced Steele , when he projected the Tatler , to affume an appellation which : had had already ...
... must be allowed that the proper teft has not been chofen .. The attention paid to the papers published under the name of Bickerstaff , induced Steele , when he projected the Tatler , to affume an appellation which : had had already ...
الصفحة 26
... whole of a publick character , is laid open to enquiry , the accufer having the choice of facts , must be very unskilful he does not prevail ; but with regard to wit 3 if 26 : SWI FUTS houses, and were united by the name of ...
... whole of a publick character , is laid open to enquiry , the accufer having the choice of facts , must be very unskilful he does not prevail ; but with regard to wit 3 if 26 : SWI FUTS houses, and were united by the name of ...
الصفحة 30
... must be appeased ; and the conduct of the Minifter , if it could not be vindicated , was to be plaufibly excufed . Swift now attained the zenith of his political importance : Swift 30 SWIFT . Swift feems to have concurred in opi- ...
... must be appeased ; and the conduct of the Minifter , if it could not be vindicated , was to be plaufibly excufed . Swift now attained the zenith of his political importance : Swift 30 SWIFT . Swift feems to have concurred in opi- ...
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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